NW Explorations
NAVIGATOR OPERATING MANUAL
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4A5: Anchor Windlass
The anchor on Change of Latitude is raised and lowered by
a Lofrans Tigres Windlass on the bow pulpit. The windlass
is controlled by foot switches at the bow. The control circuit
breaker for the windlass is on the windlass breaker panel on the
starboard side of the salon helm console
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The windlass raises/
lowers the anchor.
Be sure to leave the breaker “Off” when the windlass is not
in use. This prevents damage in the event that a foot switch
fails due to salt water contamination!
If the windlass should fail to operate when its foot switches are
operated, trouble-shoot as follows:
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Be sure the windlass breaker and switch are “on”;
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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);
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If the manual switches don’t work, you can quickly determine if
the windlass itself has failed: 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 it’s 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.
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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 starboard 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 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 green arrowpoints to the emergency cog.
The up and down foot switches.
The windlass, anchor, switches
are on the bow pulpit assembly.
The windlass breaker in the salon.
