Good morning gentleman,
I am a new Hatteras owner, and this is my first post. I recently purchased a 1988 40-foot Dual cabin. The boat is on Lake Erie in winter storage. Apparently, the boat was never equipped with a windlass. Since I will be taking the boat from Lake Erie down to the west coast of Florida in the spring and planning to anchor out whenever possible, I feel a windless would be quite helpful. My questions are as follows; Is a Lewmar Pro 1000, with a 1000lb lift a good choice, or is it too light? question 2, does anyone know what size anchor line and chain this boat was originally equipped with? and lastly, is the original equipment anchor adequate for this boat.
Thank you in advance any input would be helpful.
Larry
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Thread: Windlass recommendations
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01-28-2022 11:59 AM #1Registered Member
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Windlass recommendations
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Re: Windlass recommendations
I have the Lewmar Pro 1000 on my 32 Nordic tug and it seems to be a little small. We are really careful not to try to winch the boat up to the anchor but motor forward abs much as possible. It only has 4 5/16 inch bolts to secure it to the deck. I would think that 5/16 chain would be fine for that boat. The newer style anchors like Rocna are really good. John
Mahalo V
1974 53 Motoryacht
Hull Number 406
San Diego, Ca. Ready 32 Nordic Tug, Brunswick Ga.
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01-29-2022 03:08 PM #3Registered Member
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Re: Windlass recommendations
Thanks for the input Scarlett. Perhaps let me rephrase the question; which windlass would you recommend for this boat?
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Re: Windlass recommendations
Lots of good companies like Maxwell and Lofrans I would check there info on sizing for your boat.
Mahalo V
1974 53 Motoryacht
Hull Number 406
San Diego, Ca. Ready 32 Nordic Tug, Brunswick Ga.
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Re: Windlass recommendations
We replaced our big Ideal with a Lofrans Falkon a few years ago.
Were all chain.
What a sweet piece of equipment.
A lil Cayman or Tigres will do you well.
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Re: Windlass recommendations
Randy Register - Kingston, TN
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aka Freebird aka Sparky1
1965 41DC #93
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01-29-2022 06:26 PM #7Senior Member
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Re: Windlass recommendations
Here's my Lewmar V3 after 3 seasons use. To their credit, they did replace it out of warranty. That said, it's not well constructed. Notice the Cole Hersee circuit block in the last pic. Installed the same day and subject to the same conditions as the Lewmar crap. They asked me if salt water might have gotten on it. Hmmmmm. Its an all chain rode. What do you think?
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Pic 2.jpgEveryone should believe in something - I believe I will go fishing - Henry David Thoreau
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Re: Windlass recommendations
Big fan of "Good Automatic Windlass". Have on on my 34 that has been used and abused for years and still works better than the previous simpson lawarance did new. I just put one on my 46.
1966 34c
1982 46 HP
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01-29-2022 08:18 PM #9Senior Member
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Re: Windlass recommendations
If anyone reading this thread decides to ditch their Ideal, I need some V5C parts and may take it off of your hands.
The main thing that I need is a motor, best would be 24V but I might get a shop to rewind a 12 or 32.
PM if so...
DANLast edited by drburke; 01-29-2022 at 08:49 PM.
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Re: Windlass recommendations
C'mon down to Sw FL!
Yeah, you have to have a windless in the ICW, especially down here. If something happens, you have to be able to anchor yourself - or the breeze will blow you onto the shallow in a minute. And chain is mandatory because you'll find yourself anchoring in a fairly shallow place.
It doesn't even have to be an engine problem or something major. I just dropped anchor recently because I had to take a leak and the only other human onboard was my 9 year old. We had 20 knot winds here today and I'd have been near the sandbar by the time I ran up front and tossed an anchor...and what a hassle.At the mouth of the Caloosahatchee
1984 52C