Boating Basics: Windlass anchor rode repair ( 3 Strand and 8 Plait) and a damaged gypsy.

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In this video I cover some boating basics. Ill go over the issues I experienced with my Lewmar windlass, advantages and disadvantages of 3 strand vs 8 plait rope and how I discovered an overlooked and damaged gypsy head.
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@michaelwmoora7191 9 месяцев назад

An excellent video!

@SandhillCaptain 4 месяца назад

Many thanks!

@frankpuleo2009 Год назад

Very informative just bought a Hydro Sports 22VX I’ll be installing a new windlass ! Do you have any suggestions for a MFG..?

@rburkeish Год назад

Hey Captain....Great video. I have a couple of questions. Is it still bunching up with the new rope on it. And the second question, I have a new boat and having the same problem with the 8 strand rope on it. It will bind 3/4 the way around and bind. I have tried to soak the rope and then let out all 200 feet and put a load on it. Please help!!!

@SandhillCaptain Год назад

Robert. There could be a few issues going on with your specific issues. This may not be the best place to discuss specific causes and solutions. Feel free to send me a message on Facebook facebook.com/SandhillCaptain and will gladly go over some things with you

@PeterMorton-g1i 8 месяцев назад

I've got the same problem the 3 strand anchor rope was binding up in the anchor well & my son Brannonmate who is an Auto electrician wired up an extra switch by the lewmar winch & so everytime the the 3 strand anchor rope was brought up by the lewmar winch I was able to operate the switch near the lewmar winch & feed the 3 strand anchor rope below the ĺewmar winch & keep pulling down the on the rope with soved the problem & it was annoying doing that & my other son Regan finally brought 8 pailt anchor rope & it is 100 metres & I live in New Zealand & I'm going to tomorrow to a place called Anchor Chain & Rope to have the 15 metres of chain & the 8 plait splced to the chain & once I have that done & bring the anchor chain & rope home tomorrow I been told to have the 8 plait anchor rope wet before going through the lewmar winch because the shop Regan brought the 8 plait anchor rope from said having the anchor rope wet expands going through the lewmar winch I shouldn't have anymore problems with this new 8 Plait Anchor rope as it will fall nicely into the anchor well or anchor locker in our 6.20 Fiberglass Cabin boat it will take the 100 metres of anchor 8 plait rope & 15 metres of chain & once I have got the first amount of new 8 plait rope in the anchor well or locker I have 2 stainless plates & 2 stainless steel bolts that protrude through the hull into the anchor locker & has also 2 stainless steel nuts & slide the new 8 plait anchor rope between the 2 stainless steel plates & tie the rope off a few times & then tighten up the 2 nuts & all good to wind the rest of the 8 plait rope up by the lewmar winch & once amount the correct amount of anchor chain is up I then can bolt the chain to the anchor all good & I shouldn't need to use the other switch near the winch unless the anchor sometimes goes up upside down & that's only then that I have to use the switch near the lewmar winch Kind Regards Peter & my son Regan got the 8 plait anchor rope on special normally NZ $600.00 paid NZ $349.00 which is a good price & it is 12mm thick & I will be putting the 8 plait anchor rope in a big in fill of water before I feed the anchor rope through the lewmar winch & as I as I will be tying the anchor rope off in the anchor well or anchor locker & then proceed witching everything in until I've got enough anchor chain in to bolt the anchor on

@SandhillCaptain 4 месяца назад

Sorry I never responded to such a detailed comment. I haven't been doing too much with RU-vid recently and kinda got put on the back burner. I apologize. Here was my underlying dilema: I considered adding a bow switch as well. There is already an unused connector for a remote in the wiring harness. When this video was made, I was using the vessel recreationally but it was going to be put into commercial service shortly after filming. While adding a remote meant I could help feed the line down into the locker, that would mean though I would have to leave the helm. In a commercial, passenger boat operation, I needed a solution that didn't involve me needing to leave the helm. With a loaded boat full of passengers, primarily on the bow, just gaining timely access to the bow myself was going to be a huge issue. 99% of where I anchor is in 5ft or less but with strong currents and winds as well as being densely occupied by other boats. By adding 30ft of chain, I almost never pay out enough to get to where the chain meets the rope. Now two years later, probably 300 trips involving the use of the windlass to anchor, and I have never had one binding or bunching issue requiring my manual assistance or leaving of the helm. But also, I certainly didn't need the 200ft of 8 plait either because I've never been anywhere deep enough to need to get into it. I do however, run plenty of offshore trips and while I'm running twin engines as a redundancy, if I have a breakdown, I may be happy I have that 200ft. If I were to do it all over again, I would have loaded on 50ft of chain and 150ft of 8 plait. My word of caution in running more than 15ft of chain is that you want to use a snubber. Having all the load on the chain, and the chain going through the windlass while at anchor, puts a lot of recoil load on the windless and mount. If you have rope paying out, the rope itself acts as a shock absorber of sorts. But with all chain, the use of a snubber will prevent damage to the windless, the mounting and the hardware. Fair winds and following seas to ya! -Capt Matt