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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
Do you anchor much? Being a lake boater I spend a lot of time at anchor, a windlass is a requirement for my next boat.
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So far I have not. Going to the beach I just beach the boat. Offshore we have just drifted over the spots. I can see anchoring in the harbor, but many places it’s not that deep, about 20’ or so. It shouldn’t be that hard to pull up that much line by hand. But I haven’t done it so I may change my mind.
I’ve looked at the good windlass company. Their windlass with 600’ of line would run me about $2500. I would need to work on my front hatch to make it work and wire everything up. I may go that route if I find I’m anchoring a lot. Maybe next year. The new helm seat was kind of expensive and I’ve spent quite a lot on the boat already.