I have a vertical post windlass and 300 feet of chain rode on my boat and was wondering about anchoring. Do you just leave the rode around the windlass, or do you all do something else to take the strain off the windlass. I can't say I like the idea of the windlass taking all the strain of the drag on the anchor. There's a big cleat on the deck behind the anchor; should I pull the chain off the windlass and loop around the cleat once the anchor is set? My anchor roller (metal; aluminum, I think) has raised sides, it forms a kind of upside-down "U." I'm wondering about drilling holes in both sides and passing some sort of shackle pin through the roller fitting and a chain link to take the strain.
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