27
Oct
By Rob MacFarlane When out cruising on my Morgan 45 Tiger Beetle, I anchor out rather a lot, so I become a good friend with my windlass for managing the ground tackle. A big enough boat will likely require ground tackle too heavy to lift by hand, and an all-chain rode will make it impossible raise — unless you can dead-lift that much weight. Enter the windlass, an enormously powerful geared-down motor-driven gypsy and capstan. I installed a vertical Maxwell windlass mounted horizontally in Beetle's anchor locker; consultation with Maxwell established that there were two orientations of the gear box…