NW Explorations
ELDEAN OPERATING MANUAL
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Section 4: Specific Boat Systems & Operations
This section of the operating manual will discuss each of the boat’s systems. The systems and major components
discussed are in alphabetical order as follows:
4A: Anchor & Ground Tackle
4B: Barbeque
4D: Bilge Blowers
4E: Dinghy, Davit & Outboard
4F: Electrical Systems, AC
4G: Electrical System, DC
4H: Electronics
4J: Engines & Transmissions
4K: Fresh & Waste Water Systems
4A: Anchor & Ground Tackle
4A1: Anchor Bridle
There is an anchor bridle stowed on the foredeck in the locker on one side of the windlass. Use it when anchoring
overnight, as it accomplishes three goals:
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It takes the strain of the anchor off the windlass, pulpit, and pulpit pulley and directs it to the bow cleats which
are more suited to hold it;
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It reduces substantially the “chain noise” transmitted to the occupants of the forward cabin;
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It allows the anchor rode to have a lower angle relative to the sea bottom, thus increasing the anchor’s holding
power.
To use the bridle:
1. Lower the anchor normally (see pages 17 and 23) then, after it is set,
2. Hook the bridle on the chain just in front of the anchor pulpit bow roller;
3. Then secure the bridle rope ends through the side-coaming hawse pipes, to the bow cleat on each side so the
bridle lines are equal in length and as long as possible;
4. Last, operate the windlass to pay out anchor chain so the chain slacks and is supported by the bridle, the chain
forming a loop right in front of the boat’s bow.
If you wish, you can pay out additional chain to form a long hanging loop between the boat and bridle, which weights
the chain down in front of the boat well below its normal path; thus the chain itself becomes a “kellet” or “sentinel”,
lowering the chain angle more than the bridle alone. The weight “drooping” the chain down like this then forms a an
even more effective “snubber”, so the boat is gently held against the pressures if wind and tide.
4A2: Anchor Chain Locker & Anchor Jams
Anchor Handling:
The anchor is forward on the bow pulpit. It is raised and lowered by the electric windlass. The chain goes from the
windlass into the chain locker through the chain pipe behind the chain wheel (“wildcat”). From here, the chain goes into
a bow chain locker.
Be careful when dealing with the chain! If a crew member is operating the windlass be especially careful to keep
fingers, hands, arms, etc. away from the chain!
Use the foredeck footswitches, not the helm switch, so you can see where the chain is going and be sure it is clear of
the boat properly when raising or lowering the anchor!
4L Fuel System
4M: Air Conditioning
4N: Galley & Appliances
4P: Head Systems
4Q: Running Gear (Props, Shafts, Stabilizers, Bow & Stern Thrusters)
4R: Safety Equipment
4S: Sea Strainers & Thru Hulls
4T: Warning Lights, Alarms & Wipers
