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Old 07-06-2014, 08:26 PM   #27
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Originally Posted by obthomas View Post
I have a Lofrans Tigres. Capstain on the left and gypsy on the right. I also have a rhode that is half chain and half rope. I anchored last night and this morning pulling anchor I noticed that the gypsy lines up perfectly with the chain and no problem in and out. I tried to use the capstain at first on the rope portion and the rope would ride up on the ratchet and body of the winlass. I don't mean to hijack this thread but how do you use the gypsy when it is not lined up with the incoming rhode. I'm thinking to sell my tigres and get something verticle so I can use both the capstain and the gypsy
That's why we have all chain. Plus the headache of switching over when the rode suddenly becomes chain.

And why on our previous vessel we went with the Maxwell HRC-10-8 which handles chain and rode.
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