SPRINT 600 WINDLASS REPAIR PLUS

One windlass, the Muir, slipped over that price limit. The goal was to test under-$1,000 windlasses designed for boats up to 35 feet. To round out the field, we purchased the horizontal Quick Genius 600 at West Marine. Maxwell Marine sent its Freedom 500, a vertical windlass.

SPRINT 600 WINDLASS REPAIR PLUS

distributor for Lofrans and Muir, provided three units: a pair of horizontals, the Lofrans Dorado and Muir 600, plus one vertical, the Lofrans Marlin. Lewmar sent Practical Sailor four units: two verticals from the Sprint series, the 400 and 600, and a pair of horizontals, the Horizon 600 and 600GD. The field consisted of four verticals and five horizontals. We scanned the windlass market for units specifically designed and priced for smaller boats, whose owners might be interested in mounting a windlass aboard for the first time-and found nine candidates. In other words, make no move until youвЂ™ve sussed out your mounting and lead situation. вЂњA vertical windlass can accept leads from almost any side-to-side angle, while a horizontal windlass must have a lead straight from the bow roller.вЂќ WeвЂ™ll just quote one thing from a PS Advisor on the subject, back in the March 2002 issue: Much can be said about the relative advantages of vertical versus horizontal windlasses, but alas, we donвЂ™t have room to say much here. On a horizontal windlass, the motor is generally abovedecks (we have an exception here) and the rode comes over the top of the gypsy and then down. With a vertical axis windlass, the motor is mounted belowdecks, and its rode wraps around the gypsy for at least 180 degrees and then drops through the deck. WeвЂ™ll only deal with two of those concerns in this windlass exploration: current draw and expense.ДЄ windlass is categorized as horizontal or vertical. CQR on an all-chain rode is a bit of a hardship to hoist bare-handed) the depth of the water and type of bottom in your anchoring grounds how much electrical current you can spare where to mount it what kind of lead youвЂ™ll have over the bow-and, of course, expense. Many, if not most, heavy-displacement cruising sailboats carry windlasses on the foredeck, but the decision whether to mount one on a smaller, lighter boat has to be based on several factors, including the size and type of anchor and rode used (a 35-lb. Guess what came to mind as we broke our backs all day in a recent anchor test (see PS, December вЂ™03)? ThatвЂ™s right-power windlasses. Around here, one test often leads to another.

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