Galley Maid windlass removal, rebuild and upside down core replacement

[rwaldrop13]

Late to the party. Check out Trying Not To Sink on YouTube, Ed and Lynn on Triton went thru this process as well. Unfortunately I never found out with our boat where the break was in between the electrical system and the anchor windlass on Pau Hana - and I lost a 70# Bruce claw anchor when Hurricane Ian destroyed our boat.

[Briankinley2004]

Late to the party. Check out Trying Not To Sink on YouTube, Ed and Lynn on Triton went thru this process as well. Unfortunately I never found out with our boat where the break was in between the electrical system and the anchor windlass on Pau Hana - and I lost a 70# Bruce claw anchor when Hurricane Ian destroyed our boat.

I saw that video a while back. The only thing I didn't like is he didn't bevel the perimeter of the old glass. I prefer to do that so I know there is a glass to glass bond and it flushes out better. I think he used Coosa which should work but I think the plywood is stronger for that area. He did his from underneath to avoid the snow and I did it for the rain. I guess we do what we have to do. Sorry for the loss of your boat and anchor.

[whoover]

The "trying not to sink" repair was all right but not the best way. There is another member here that did a rock solid core repair under the windlass and that's who I tried to copy.

Walt Hoover

[Dan Mapes]

Here is the thread I posted on my approach. I worked with long more narrow sections of glass wet out and rolled up on a piece of PVC. Worked like a charm.

https://www.samsmarine.com/forums/sh...ndlass-removal

[rwaldrop13]

I saw that video a while back. The only thing I didn't like is he didn't bevel the perimeter of the old glass. I prefer to do that so I know there is a glass to glass bond and it flushes out better. I think he used Coosa which should work but I think the plywood is stronger for that area. He did his from underneath to avoid the snow and I did it for the rain. I guess we do what we have to do. Sorry for the loss of your boat and anchor.

Thanks. The 7 months of fighting with the insurance company didn't help, but we learned a lot in our 2 years, 1 month of full-time liveaboard boat ownership. Along the way I removed the old Crusairs, installed 3 new standalone single-piece units, plumbed/wired them, found and solved a lot of other issues. Here's what it looked like after "salvage"...
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