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9 years 1 month ago - 9 years 1 month ago #5145 by mgraham
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Wrestling with replacing frozen Maxwell horizontal 2200 windlass. Lofrans Tigress seems to only come with chain to starboard, line capstan to port. Currently have 300 feet of 5/16 HT chain on both sides with Maxwell. I don't mind reducing weight, but don't believe I can pursuade the Admiral to pull in 30-50 feet of chain by hand on port side at the end of 200 feet of plait.

How do others handle combination chain / plait (line) on the side with capstan only? Is there a conversion to add chain gypsy to port side of Tigress? Price difference between Tigress and simply putting a new Maxwell 2200 is $2500 more to go with Maxwell.

Mike Graham.
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9 years 1 month ago #5150 by hayden
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The upgrade to the Tigress is the Lofrans Falkon Horizontal Windlass which has to chain gypsies. The problem is this unit is way more expensive, like $6,000.



We have the IP 35 and have all rope on the port side with 20 feet of chain and then on the starboard side 250 feet of 5/16" chain on a 55lb Rocna. In 15 years of use, we have never used the second anchor.

Hayden
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IP35-165 Island Spirit
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9 years 1 month ago #5152 by mgraham
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Hayden, I take it the all chain and Rocna is the primary and the rope chain is your secondary, or is it the reverse.

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9 years 1 month ago #5153 by hayden
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My 250 feet of chain and 55 lb Rocna are primary used 100% of the time on the Tigress. Rope and 44 lb Bruce is my back up not used in 15 years.

Hayden
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IP35-165 Island Spirit
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Rock Hall, MD
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