At 10:17 PM 10/30/2005, you wrote:
Rick

>Hi Allen. I am out of town and will not be back until November 2nd or 3rd.
>I will be happy to send you pictures of the windlass set-up. It did not
>require any mounting plates. The windlass is U-bolted in top of the bow
>sprit. The chain fits quite well in the chain locker. I did have to cut
>out a hole on the port side of the deck in the bow well for the 5/8" nylon
>rode.

Not so much a big deal - I need new grates anyway. I have holes on both
sides -port and starboard. Did you only have one?

> I cut this to match the orientation of the starboard hawse whole. This
> also required the cutting of the grate. By the way, this will make one
> very nervous.

Did you install foot swithches - my boat guy says to use a remote unit and
not foot switches.

> As far as 1/2" chain goes, it might be hard to find a manual windlass
> with a 1/2" gypsy.

I think I meant 1/4 HT, not 1/2 inch. This will fit the Tirgres.

>I'll get back to you towards the end of the week.
>Fair winds, blue water.

Thanks in advance for the photos - this will be very useful.

 From my discussions with cruisers, this unit came out on top.

What are you doing for a holding tank???

Alan


>Rick Willians.
>S/V Lorac; Baba 30 # 79.
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Sugarman" <sugarman@sugarlaw.com>
>To: "Baba, Panda and Tashiba" <baba@list.sailjazz.com>
>Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 9:01 AM
>Subject: Re: [baba] Windlass on a Baba-30
>
>
>>Rick
>>
>>I really would like to see photos of your set-up because I want to
>>install one over the winter. Did you need a mounting plate. Please
>>e-mail to me.
>>
>>Does the 275 feet of chain fit into your chain-locker. I was thinking of
>>1/2 inch hi test or stainless.
>>
>>As for Debra's boat, it used to sit next to mine in Annapolis, and, I
>>know the prior owner Bill Parlatore (Passagemaker) had custom stainless
>>work done on the anchor platform.
>>
>>Alan
>>
>>
>>At 09:49 AM 10/29/2005, you wrote:
>>>Hi Debra. I have the Lofrans Tigres rope (port)/chain (starboard)
>>>windlass. on my Baba 30, Lorac. The chain comes over the gypsy and falls
>>>straight down to hawse pipe. The Hawse pipe is in direct line with the
>>>grate openings of the original grates which TaShing provided with the boat.
>>>I have 275 ft. of 5/16 chain to a 35 Lb. CQR. On the rope gypsy, I have
>>>250 ft. of 5/8 nylon line to a 25 Lb. CQR. The 25 Lb. CQR does not rest
>>>perfectly well in the rollers/chalks, but the 35 Lb. CQR does. I am very
>>>curious as to how you managed to stow a 33 Lbs Bruce in your bow
>>>rollers/chalks. I had no luck with mine so I gave it to my neighbor to
>>>put on his Bristol Channel Cutter. Of course it fit on his boat well.
>>>Fair winds, blue water.
>>>Rick Williams
>>>S/V Lorac; Baba 30 # 79
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: <mailto:debonair1@gmail.com>Debra Axness
>>>To: <mailto:baba@list.sailjazz.com>Baba, Panda and Tashiba
>>>Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 4:57 PM
>>>Subject: [baba] Windlass on a Baba-30
>>>
>>>We are looking to add a windlass to our Baba-30. The bowsprit has a
>>>platform over the current anchor rollers; one anchor roller fits a Bruce
>>>33, the other anchor roller does not fit the second anchor, a CQR 25. We
>>>have the typical Samson post. What windlass type, model, mounting,
>>>fairleads, and configuration have other Baba-30 owners gone with? We've
>>>had a very competent rigger and all-around boat fixer out and he's
>>>having trouble trying to figure out what type of windlass to recommend,
>>>and even is talking about us needing to cap our hawse holes and re-drill
>>>new ones further aft!
>>>Specifics would really help - a photo would be wonderful. We need to
>>>know how the anchor chain comes into the windlass and where it dumps
>>>down into the hawse, all of that stuff. Thanks much for any help you can give!
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