Last January we spent 16 days straight chasing kings at MI, the money spent to fit a winch is soon forgotten when you enjoy the convenience and realize what you don't have to do twice or three times a day. Yep it may be a luxury for some, and a couple of grand is hard to come by, but back operations are also expensive, and a day on the water is for rest, relaxation and fun. Anchoring in close proximity as occurs at Montague when chasing bait can be a real challenge in a 6.3m half cab, and the winch takes the hard work out of it, as you can drop anchor and position the boat to suit, while still standing/sitting at the controls, and being aware of other boats close by. 20kg plus of dead lift without consideration for getting the plough stuck is bloody hard work at my age. Mick's winch is "power down" so it takes a little more time to get the plough to the bottom, and you need to be careful to hold the boat in position until the anchor touches down, and then continue to let out rode as you motor backwards slowly to lay the chain, a couple of times I have tangled the anchor in the chain by letting too much down while holding station. There are downsides though, the weight of the winch and chain sitting at the bow is about 25kg with 8m x 8mm short link chain, and some 14m of 2 B&S cable also weighs enough. My Deckie had a bad back, and was unable to assist.ĭoing the sums, I figured that a couple of grand for an anchor winch was cheap compared to the cost of replacing props D I reacted poorly, dropped the rope, and anchor, and by this time the breeze had us scraping the prop on the rocks. We fitted ours after a little incident at Montague Island, anchored in the little bay among 10 other boats chasing livies, a bit if swell and the anchor pulled a bit, plenty of room to take action, so up the front I went, dragged the anchor up, but just before I got to the chain, I managed to wrap several bluebottles around each hand that had attached themselves to the rope.
The winch is good for anchoring in up to 30m of water, with 100m of nylon rope, but not practical in deep water. Horses for courses, we fitted a Mick's winch to our Reef Runner.
0 kommentar(er)
