rgano
Guru
- Joined
- Oct 8, 2007
- Messages
- 4,995
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- FROLIC
- Vessel Make
- Mainship 30 Pilot II since 2015. GB-42 1986-2015. Former Unlimited Tonnage Master
While operating the Lewmar V700 windlass yesterday it would not pay out chain to allow me to adjust the anchor for the final pull through the pulpit slot. Several hours before I had used the pay out (down) function from the switch at the helm to lower the anchor. Later on, I retrieved the anchor to the point where it needed to be rotated to come up through the anchor pulpit slot. I needed to pay out a small amount of chain, but the windlass would not pay out. I went to the bow, and using the footswitch there, heard a solid clunk as the solenoid activated, but the windlass would still not turn in the down direction. I released the wildcat brake using the windlass wrench and manually pulled out a foot of chain with no resistance suggesting that something like a link of chain getting sideways in the chain locker was not the issue. The 3-Amp inline fuse is not visibly blown, and the retrieve mode works from both helm and bow foot switch. I am thinking that even though there is an audible clunk as the solenoid activates when the down switches are pushed, the connection is not being made in there.