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Old 06-19-2016, 10:53 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by kartracer View Post
As I read a windlass is not made to pull the boat to the anchor but to lift rode and or chain. My question is why do they have a pulling rating in lbs. on the info sheet.
They use a good bit of battery power, since the engine will be on anyway best to drive up to the chain tight, secure the chain, then drive fwd to pop the anchor free then use the widlass to pull up the anchor. If in calm conditions, and anchor in sand or mud or singlehanded I some times just use the windlass to do it all, not a big deal in our shallow gulf cruising area.
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