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Block, Adam
1/18/2010
Windlass in cockpit

Ken, I noticed in one of the photos on the Nordhavn site that San Souci has a rope windlass on the starboard side of the cockpit. Can you tell me what it is used for? Warping? Stern anchor? If the latter where does the rode run?

Thanks!

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Williams, Ken
1/18/2010
Good morning Adam,

The honest answer is that I've never used the windlasses in the cockpit, on this boat, or on our N62. My recollection is that they are a standard part of the boat. I started to omit them from this boat, but then decided I might want them someday.

They are intended for use in situations such as:
 
- "pulling the boat to the dock", but I use the thrusters for this.
- "backing the boat to the wall during med mooring", but I use the main engines for this

So...

I suspect they are exceptionally handy, but I haven't discovered exactly what they are exceptionally handy for yet.

-Ken W
  

Block, Adam
1/18/2010
Ken, I noticed in one of the photos on the Nordhavn site that San Souci has a rope windlass (or maybe it's a capstan, or a winch) on the starboard side of the cockpit. Can you tell me what it is used for? Warping? Stern anchor? If the latter where does the rode run?

Thanks!

/afb		  

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