Next message: Peter Bennett: "Re: TWL: all chain rode"
Monday, July 28, 2003, 11:53:27 AM, Joe wrote:
>> I saw a 30 foot Tollycraft last weekend with a combination chain and
> rope system that seems almost amazing (don't know the brand). It was a
> vertical type and protruded about 3" above the foredeck. It
> automatically switched from chain to rope and back again as the rode was
> deployed or retrieved. The whole thing was so compact and the rode ran
> about 12" to the bow roller and disappeared into the water. Pretty
> neat.
I have a Muir horizontal axis winch that will handle both rope and
chain.
It works fine either way, but while on the rope, you must watch the
tension - if the rope gets slack (particularly while lowering the
anchor), the rope may come out of the gypsy - this requires a trip to
the foredeck to place the line back into the gypsy. Also, while
lowering the anchor, a kink in the line can jam the winch and
(possibly) trip the circuit breaker - but generally, I'm happy with
the system so far. (I had a similar Lewmar winch (Horizon 600)
previously, but it failed twice under warrantee - both times while
doing race committee work - so I replaced it with the Muir.)
Re the "Tipping the pile of chain" discussion - on a previous boat, I
had a winch that could not pull chain out of the anchor locker
(Italian make, I think) - I frequently had to go to the foredeck to
start the anchor down, or if there was any form of tangle in the
locker.
--
Peter Bennett, VE7CEI Vancouver, B.C., Canada
GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter
Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver-webpages.com/van-ps
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