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Hi,
Currently anchored in La Cruz Anchorage in Puerto Vallarta Mexico
As the chain comes up over the bow roller it sometimes twists. This gets so bad that the chain starts to come out of the gypsy when bringing the chain up or down. This can be dangerous if the weather turns bad and we need to get the chain up quick. I also tried to bring it up with the hand crank on the windless and actually bent the handle trying to get it up and through the gypsy.
We had gone into a marina for a day and we took all the chain and some of the attached rode out of the boat and strung it out on the dock and un-twisted about ten feet at a time. This helped but was a real pain. It still has some twists in it though.
We have friends who have 5\8 chain and an anchor. They go out to about 200-300 ft and lower the anchor and chain and let it hang for about ten minutes. Then bring it back up, it is un-twisted and they are happy with this method. They have about 150 ft of chain and a larger windless on their 38 ft cat. So we were wondering if we hung 200 ft of 3\8 chain and a 45 lb anchor off the bow in 300 ft of water would our windless bring it back up?
I wrote Lewmar about this concerning our Lewmar H3 windless for our 3\8 chain and 45 lb anchor.
I asked Lewmar support if the windless would retrieve the 200 ft of 3\8 chain and 45 lb anchor it hanging in say 250 ft of water. That is so it would un-twist.
I told Lewmar about our friends and Here is what they wrote back of course there were several email till we got this far.
“There is a lot going on when you dead lift. Most of the time is trouble because of connections, length of run, type of bow roller (most are very poor at rotating efficiently)
And are they getting 13.5 plus volts to the windlass?
And does his working load of the windlass match the rode weight?”
also:
"Sorry, chain will (Rope too) naturally role over the davits bow roller wheel as it comes in and over the bow roller wheel. Some people believe a swivel will stop that from occurring; really doesn’t. Slows down the process in some cases. Still will roll and twist and you cannot stop it…
Hanging the chain down in deep water will not un twist itself… no it will not unwind itself…
The best way is to get a swivel and connect it to the other end of the dock with the chain connected, connect the other end of the chain and fasten that to the other end of the dock. Take a long bar, slide it through the chain and un twist. Yes it’s a lot of work. It’s the best way."
So this we can sort of take care of but the question did not really get answered.
Does anyone have any experience with this and with the Lewmar H3 windless?
We do not want to have problems with the chain and anchor hanging out there and having to pull it back into the chain locker with other means.
See pics..
Thanks,
Chip
Currently anchored in La Cruz Anchorage in Puerto Vallarta Mexico
As the chain comes up over the bow roller it sometimes twists. This gets so bad that the chain starts to come out of the gypsy when bringing the chain up or down. This can be dangerous if the weather turns bad and we need to get the chain up quick. I also tried to bring it up with the hand crank on the windless and actually bent the handle trying to get it up and through the gypsy.
We had gone into a marina for a day and we took all the chain and some of the attached rode out of the boat and strung it out on the dock and un-twisted about ten feet at a time. This helped but was a real pain. It still has some twists in it though.
We have friends who have 5\8 chain and an anchor. They go out to about 200-300 ft and lower the anchor and chain and let it hang for about ten minutes. Then bring it back up, it is un-twisted and they are happy with this method. They have about 150 ft of chain and a larger windless on their 38 ft cat. So we were wondering if we hung 200 ft of 3\8 chain and a 45 lb anchor off the bow in 300 ft of water would our windless bring it back up?
I wrote Lewmar about this concerning our Lewmar H3 windless for our 3\8 chain and 45 lb anchor.
I asked Lewmar support if the windless would retrieve the 200 ft of 3\8 chain and 45 lb anchor it hanging in say 250 ft of water. That is so it would un-twist.
I told Lewmar about our friends and Here is what they wrote back of course there were several email till we got this far.
“There is a lot going on when you dead lift. Most of the time is trouble because of connections, length of run, type of bow roller (most are very poor at rotating efficiently)
And are they getting 13.5 plus volts to the windlass?
And does his working load of the windlass match the rode weight?”
also:
"Sorry, chain will (Rope too) naturally role over the davits bow roller wheel as it comes in and over the bow roller wheel. Some people believe a swivel will stop that from occurring; really doesn’t. Slows down the process in some cases. Still will roll and twist and you cannot stop it…
Hanging the chain down in deep water will not un twist itself… no it will not unwind itself…
The best way is to get a swivel and connect it to the other end of the dock with the chain connected, connect the other end of the chain and fasten that to the other end of the dock. Take a long bar, slide it through the chain and un twist. Yes it’s a lot of work. It’s the best way."
So this we can sort of take care of but the question did not really get answered.
Does anyone have any experience with this and with the Lewmar H3 windless?
We do not want to have problems with the chain and anchor hanging out there and having to pull it back into the chain locker with other means.
See pics..
Thanks,
Chip
