I want to thank everyone who responded with really good ideas, photos and information. On one note, I especially like that Mike (S/V Persuasion) has an Admiral. I have a Commodore. Same, same, we always salute.
Some listers responded off-list which was very nice. There seems to be two different styles of mounting the windlass, on a ledge and on a fabricated mount. The both seem to have their benefits. To me, the ledge transmits the loads across the bulkhead and apparently to the hull. I hadn’t thought about the fact that the bulkhead may be a bit weak which was brought up by one responder. With the fabricated mount examples, the loads were still transmitted across to the hull but with an advantage of leaving a bit more access to the locker itself. My brother has a couple of welders and can fabricate the Space Shuttle. Although I’m still leaning towards a platform of FRP, I may talk to him. I did note that there was one owner who mounted a stainless steel bow roller over his stemhead and that others simply used the C&C bow roller in their stem heads. Fortunately I have the option of doing both, so long as the factory roller fits the anchor. If not, a buddy of mine gave me the removable one off of his Beneteau 40.7 because he didn’t need it anymore. Seems the boat’s turning into a fish reef 25 miles off Shinnecock Inlet… :-0 Also, note that I have added a link to my signature. It’s to Dropbox and is my first attempt at an album. I’m not wild about their software but let me know if it doesn’t work. As I start back to work on Ronin I will post pictures of the progress. I know I like to look at other folks work. Cheers, Dave Godwin 1982 C&C 37 - Ronin Reedville - Chesapeake Bay Ronin’s Overdue Refit On Jan 7, 2014, at 7:58 AM, Pierre Tremblay <[email protected]> wrote: > Could not find any picture of it. > > My install looks like Jim's one. I also has a vertical Lofrans 1000 (very low > profile). The shelf is tab to the hull sides, and two legs goes down to the > locker bottom. Everything is at least an inch thick covered and welded to the > hull and bulkhead with fiberglass & epoxy. I cannot see the core, but almost > sure it is marine plywood. Must have been a pita to do the fiberglass work. > It looks almost as an original factory job. > > Cannot comment on the performance of it, because we did not anchored yet > (shame on me) in the 2 years we have her. Only took the chain out to clean > the locker last summer. Lots of mooring balls and reciprocal club around here. > > Pierre Tremblay > Avalanche, hull #76 > C&C 38-3, WK > De : Jim Watts <[email protected]> > À : 1 CnC List <[email protected]> > Envoyé le : lundi 6 janvier 2014 23h49 > Objet : Re: Stus-List Under deck windlass installation. > > Here's mine...a couple of changes ago. Knees glassed into hull just above > balsa line, windlass shelf bolted onto knees. I later added a Starboard > clatter pad in front of the anchor locker. > > http://members.shaw.ca/parmesanshift/images/IMG_0953.jpg > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected]
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