MurrayM
Guru
Anybody have experience with these electric anchor drum winches?
https://www.ezanchorpuller.com/collections/anchor-winch
https://www.ezanchorpuller.com/collections/anchor-winch
Most commercial fishing boats use something similar, but usually hydraulic motors. As AusCan said - they need to be well mounted. The further away from the bow roller, the better the chain winds. When I fished I had the usually drum winch with 30 fathoms of chain over wire. Shallow anchorages I just used the chain.
The biggest complaint I hear is the commercial/ugly look of the things.
I have the EZ Anchor Puller on a 28' aluminum boat and I would rate it 10/10. Never get out of the chair to deploy/raise anchor and it's going on 8yrs now with little or no maintenance. Someday when this one fails I will be ordering up another without a second thought. I do think they are under different ownership now vs when I originally bought mine but spoke with them last year with positive results.
For a boat that's not set up for hydraulic drum winch, this works well for me. I like having everything on the drum vs down in a locker.
...Just installed a new # 15 on 32 ft Fales...