NW Explorations
KOnOcTi bAy OperATing MAnuAl
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4A5: Anchor Windlass
The anchor on Konocti Bay is raised and lowered by a Maxwell 2200 Windlass on the bow pulpit. The windlass is
controlled by foot switches at the bow. The control circuit breaker for the windlass is on port side of the wheel in the
Pilothouse. The windlass raises/lowers the anchor.
Be sure to leave the breaker “Off” when the windlass is not in use. This prevents dam- age in the event that a foot
If the windlass should fail to operate when its foot switches are operated, trouble-shoot as follows
:
• Be sure the windlass breaker and switch are “on”;
• If the breaker/switch was on, try the manual up/down switch at either helm (if this works, use these switches
instead of the foot switches until the foot switches are repaired);
• If the manual switches don’t work, you can quickly determine if the
windlass itself has failed:
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Remove the back cover from the windlass and, with a voltmeter, check to see if while a switch is
depressed, there is DC voltage on its terminals; if not, check the actual wires themselves where they
connect to the windlass. The windlass uses so much current that sometime the connection — though it
appears tight — may have failed. If there is voltage on the wires, tighten the nuts firmly on the terminals.
• If all this fails, use the manual cog (green arrow) to engage the teeth on the windlass to keep the wildcat from
letting out chain while you loosen the clutch (red arrow) on the star- board side of the windlass, then put the
handle in the collar on the left side (yellow arrow), and “ratchet” the windlass up with the handle, tightening the
place after each lift to keep the chain from slipping back.
The up & down foot switches.
The yellow arrow points to the location
of the sockets for the manual emergency
handle ratchet. The red arrow points to
one of the clutch attachment points
that engages the handle.
The windlass, anchor, switches are on the bow.
Windlass control at both helms.
Windlass breaker to the port
side of helm in pilot house.
