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Old 07-14-2017, 01:03 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by FlyWright View Post
Sounds like you're overloading your windlass and perhaps, it has a thermal cutout to protect it when this happens. If so, once the unit cools, it would reconnect and allow operation again.

Don't try to move your boat or pull your anchor free with the windlass motor. Always retrieve your rode and anchor on a slack rode. Move your boat forward with the main engine(s) while you pull in the ground tackle. If the windlass slows from resistance in the pull, stop retrieving via the windlass and move forward/back as needed to increase the slack. Once you're directly over the anchor (vertical rode), usually a little fwd thrust pulling in the opposite direction of the anchor set should free the anchor, allowing for the final retrieve.

That's how I do it, anyway.
That's the correct way and the way your instruction manual will tell you how to do it. Don't try move your boat by pulling on the rode with the windlass. It's not made for that and by doing that, you are abusing it.
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