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INSTALLATION AND USER’S MANUAL - REV000A
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6 - Cautions & Use
MANUAL ANCHOR WEIGHING (no drum version)
1
Disconnect the windlass power supply.
2
Use the lock lever control (
F/G
) to engage the lock lever (
H
) on the gypsy.
3 Disengage the clutch (at least 2 turns of the bush anticlockwise), insert the lever (
C
) into the seat in the gypsy cover (
E
) and
manually take up the chain by rotating the lever (
C
) clockwise.
After the manual weighing procedure remove the
lever (
C
) from its seat and insert it into the bush (
D
) to tighten the clutch. Remove the lever (
C
) from the gypsy cover (
E
). Release
the gypsy using the control lever (
F/G
). Reconnect the windlass power supply.
MANUAL ANCHOR WEIGHING (drum version)
1
Disconnect the windlass power supply.
2
Use the lock lever control (
F/G
) to engage the lock lever (
H
) on the gypsy.
Use the lever (
C
) to completely loosen the bush, pull off the drum and mount the
manual anchor weighing on the gypsy with the corresponding screws. Insert the
lever (
C
) into the seat in the anchor weighing (
I
) and manually take up the chain by
rotating the lever clockwise.
3
After the manual weighing (I) procedure, remove the lever from its seat, reinsert
the drum and tighten the drum to tighten the clutch.
during take up maintain a safe distance between hands and windlass
drum.
Once take up is complete, screw up the clutch by tightening the gypsy drum
clockwise and secure the rope to a bitt or other strong point on the boat.
6.2 Drum use
WARNING:
Before carrying out warping operations, check that the anchor and relative rope or chain are solidly fixed
to a bitt or another strong point on the boat.
For the independent use of the drum , turn the lock lever control (
F/G)
to engage the lock lever (H) of the gypsy , release the
clutch with the handle (
C
), (at least 2 turns of the bush anticlockwise). Remove the handle from the bush on the gypsy, wrap
the rope around the drum (at least 3 turns). Activate the windlass control, keeping the rope under tension during take up.
By varying the tension during take up it is possible to modify the rope winding speed.
WARNING:
during take up maintain a safe distance between hands and windlass drum.
Once take up is complete, screw up the clutch by tightening the gypsy drum clockwise and secure the rope to a bitt or other
strong point on the boat.
WARNING:
before weighing anchor release the gypsy.
1
2
3
F
G
H
Check that the control (
F/G
) that locks the gypsy is
disengaged.
1
Release the gypsy safety lock (
H
).
2
Have the gypsy lock control slide toward the stern.
3
Automatic inserting of the gypsy lock (
H
).
LOCK DISENGAGED
LOCK ENGAGED
I
