![]() ![]() However, in my view the benefits from an easy-to-use anchoring gear outweigh the marginal losses in the boat speed – especially if talking about pure cruising boats. Together with the manual anchor windlass and 40 meters of chain, it adds quite a lot weight on the bow, which is not necessarily a very good thing in terms of sailing performance. Last year we were actually thinking of changing our over-sized bow anchor (20 kg CQR) to a smaller Delta, but eventually decided to keep our old and trusty CQR. Also, the dinghy – even if not necessary in the Baltics – certainly helps a lot, if you do not want to restrict your expeditions to islands, which have enough depth for getting a bow tied up close enough to the shore. For exploring wild anchorages, a reliable anchoring equipment is essential. In general, the Northern Baltic Sea area offers plenty of possibilities for anyone looking to find their own desert island for anchoring. Often, when the season is over, it is the wild anchorages that we tend to remember most warmly afterwards. Installing a New Electric Windlass (Part 2). Regreasing a Simpson and Lawrence Sea Tiger 555 Windlass. ![]() And bring those ideas to life in our products. If you have a plastic gypsy and would like to upgrade to a metal gypsy you will need to order two 529-099 clutch cones.Īt Lewmar, we think about what makes boaters' lives easier. Scroll Down to Order Parts *Some Horizon 500s were supplied with Chromed Bronze (shiny metal) gypsies, others were supplied with hard plastic gypsies.
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