Roger Long
Senior Member
I've always said you should buy your windlass and chain from the same vendor. Now that I'm looking at the $500 shipping estimate, the advice I so freely gave over the years, seems different. I'm also thinking on cutting back on the length.
I'd planned on 300 feet of 3/8" for eventual cruising downeast but our first chain could well be due for replacement by the time we're done with ICW and southern waters. However, I'm looking at charts of the TenTom and other inland waters we plan to travel for the first few years and not seeing any depths given. It seems like some of those channels could be deep and we might often have to anchor on steep gradients near shore. The full 300 feet might be necessary in those conditions.
Informed comments and opinions appreciated.
I'd planned on 300 feet of 3/8" for eventual cruising downeast but our first chain could well be due for replacement by the time we're done with ICW and southern waters. However, I'm looking at charts of the TenTom and other inland waters we plan to travel for the first few years and not seeing any depths given. It seems like some of those channels could be deep and we might often have to anchor on steep gradients near shore. The full 300 feet might be necessary in those conditions.
Informed comments and opinions appreciated.