No more hauling by hand!! Windlass Installation [EP 54] | Sailing Millennial Falcon
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- čas přidán 6. 07. 2019
- After arriving in St Martin and collecting our new Lofrans Tigres windlass we eagerly set about installing it. We had a few challenges during and after the installation.
To celebrate and to test our new windlass, we took our good friends Kenny and Mika out for a sail to Tintamarre island north east of Marigot Bay (St Martin) where we encountered a few teething problems with the new windlass. However, with a little bit of modification and some outside the box thinking it all came together in the end!
After more than 6 months of hauling anchor by hand we finally had a new working windlass!
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I'm an old man and I don't laugh and smile much any more. Until I watch your videos. You make it fun and I love that. Thank you so very much.
Best Music for working!!!
Khiara - "You well and truly deserve a beer."
Adam - "I already rewarded myself..."
This video I just watched today and am now Subscriber! ❤️⛵❤️👑👍
You two have become my favorite sailing duo. I watch most of them but you two have that "it" factor. Keep them coming.
Its a bloomin good job your a mechanical engineer Adam with all the work and francansteining of parts to get stuff to work what the heck do ordinary low budget bluewater sailers do its terrifying but good on ya you guys fet stuck in....
That solution with the bow roller pulling the anchor chain down to the attack angle of the windlass, is absolute genius... Well done...
Afine example of why I am happy to support your channel. Thanks guys!
As usual...excellent content. You both have that " thing" that makes you likeable and watchable.
That 'thing' is that they are genuine. No artifice or put-on emotions. It's why I started watching the Vagabond crew, and why I stopped. These two are so 'real' and just damned nice.
Very good solution. In Brazil we call it "gambiarra" when we do something wrong to make it right. Look carefully at the installation manual and you will see that the position is not correct. For the very high price of this reel, don't you think it's worth investing a little and placing it in the correct position above the deck? I don't know how much weight he uses as an anchor, but be careful with the fragility of what he did in the face of great efforts from the anchor.
That everything right!
A big hug and good winds!!!
If it works, it works 💪✅
Good job on the windlass, just a couple of suggestions for future work ....... clean out the old holes a bit till you reach unaffected deck material, core plugging is a good idea especially considering the size of the holes, taper the edge of holes ~12:1 and apply increasing diameter glass matting to fair surface, for new holes good idea to over size drill holes fill with epoxy then drill final holes through 100% expoxy core, ensue a flat bed for the windlass on the deck, most important is to use a backing board under the deck to distribute the fixings load. Was going to suggest that very same jury rigged solution, just needs a little tweaking to prevent damage to deck ;)
That is a beautiful Black German Shepard pup.
Funniest and most realistic moment in any sailing vlog I've seen, came in the last 30 seconds of your episode. We've been doing what you're doing, but now we're back home working. Made us chuckle.
We bought ours through Jimmy Green and they are very good.
Really enjoyed this video...
Too funny I was thinking about the same solution you came up with for your windlass. I don't know from "imperfect" but it seems like a KISS solution. Only issue I can think of is that it will be a periodic required change out of the roller and the arms of the roller support will be subject to fatigue load. Still if it works...two thumbs up for necessity engineering.
I know it has been said a hundred times, but you two are just so cute. Yay! A windlass! LOL
You guys are awesome
Congrats; you two crazy ozzies! now all you need to get that jalopies of a dingy replace! Still don't know how that sucker is still floating!!!!
Cheers from USA!
The girl is English I wouldnt know the difference between Baltimore & Boston so I guess its easily done. Big ups for these two for having aspirations, no life is straight cut but an office life would be wasted on you two for sure, all the best!
That cleat is there to tie off a line to clip onto the anchor while under way to prevent an accidental deployment should the clutch slip or you have an electrical glitch and the windless decides to drop the anchor all on its own. Absent that tying one off a bow cleat can really save your bacon.
Congrats and thanks! That was a lot energy from happiness and relief in this vid 😀👍 Was great to watch and made me smile! Have fun and enjoy guys! 👍👍😃
Fantastic video and great explanations.
You must both be so happy that you no longer have to haul the anchor up by hand !
Bow roller solution was perfect and cost effective. Nicely done mate!
Oh my goodness, you two are so cute!!!😍
Great video guys! I knew you would figure that out to make it work. Thanks for sharing your adventure with us!
You both are great team players, Khaira found the new windlass and Adam installs it, got it working perfectly with some tinkering, solving it with the forty dollar ball guide (this gave me a great idea for something I am working on!). You make it all look like its so much fun whether you are sailing or repairing, which is what makes the journey all the worthwhile! Thanks for the tip! Happy Sailing !!
Great video happy see you two doing great. Have fun back in St. Martin
Great job
Khiara has a face with a million expressions! Not to mention, she's gorgeous! Great video guys. I'm making my way through all your material as a new sub....
Forgot myself for a bit and had to pause your vlog to listen to some ACDC sailing shanties. Thank you for the motivation/reminder to breath/live/love/travel/sail/...
Good for you, guys. Glad you finally got a windlass, and what a great deal! Fair winds.
You guys are so lovable.
A very lucky man.
I love your installation, it always takes longer and more trips to the store, hahaha!! And do our friends really understand what we're doing, I think not, they smile and nod. But Doug and I get it and appreciate you sharing with us.
Liked first. Then watched after....👊❣
Great windlass installation music!!
Missed you guys!!
Great minds think alike with the added roller 😀 excellent video as always only problem with the new windlass is now you will have to find some other way of getting your daily workout.
It's the same as a ten speed bike where the chain derailleur guide holds the chain down and guides it from star to star for peddling speed. It's the same concept. Happy you guys resolved your issue.
Thats the perfect solution because it works. nice work!
Nice diy install, oh yeah you're cruzers, a Friday nite on the town!
You guys should do a live chat and raise some boat $$.... Besides cruising, you produce, direct, film, edit and are the talent in front of the camera, nothing wrong with crowd funding.
Lofrans windlass. Very nice! The are generally a very well made item. Congrats
That Engineering degree and some intestinal fortitude can fix anything.
everything is always better when ac/dc gets involved
Khiara when you mentioned new crew member, I though Chewbacca was going to help! Excellent fix on the windlass Adam.
G'day guys, you're right Adam it's a cleat! I have my snubber tied to it& it works fine or tie it to a separate bollard to take shockload off the winch. Awesome choice, Lofrans are awesome winches! Love ACDC, rock on love your videos. Living the dream 😎
Bow roller good call, exactly what I was going to suggest...then I got to the end of the video. Well done!
A few videos ago Khiara said of herself "I'm such an elephant!" which at the time seemed a tad harsh but on seeing her falling over the old windlass... :) superb video this one great mix of everything. Thank you. All as well as the other suggestion from Robert Place I think that cleat can also be used to attach a snubber when the anchor is deployed.
damn i just caught your channel and subscribirbed i m a fan TIM THE TOOL MAN PA.
Acca Dacca has been background music on most of my boat projects. Well I start with calm music, but when the boat fights back it's AC/DC. Good works guys!
is a PERFECT solution! i have the same on my boat and it works from 2011
Yay!!! ITS ALIVE! well done! :¬) Webhead USA
You've actually got a fairly common problem with windlasses located in deck lockers. Best solutions I've seen involve two pieces. A stainless or aluminum skid plate at the fore edge of the locker (which you've already got) combined with a bow roller mounted down lower in the locker, forward of the windlass to "pull down" the chain. Chain now runs from the true bow roller, rides on the skid plate and pulled low by the second bow roller (need really good backing plates on this one!) giving it a much better lead to the windlass chain gypsy. Always need to have three links on the wheel to avoid skipping. Haven't had any luck searching for photos of this set up, but you can email me for a diagram. OK, wait, I should have watched to the end before commenting....
Parabéns amigo você é o cara10
Windlass solution perfect. Or a temporary rope snotter will served if bow roller crakes it.
Nice to see you sailing.
Great video! Suggestion - add an angled pad for the windless to sit on that's on the same plane as the chain... That should make the chain pull evanily into the storage locker...
Master - it lives :) Good move filling in all the old deck holes . Maybe you could fit a bigger diameter pulley to stop the chain slipping ? Ah, but I see you've already fixed it. Super video with all the laughs , curses and Kisses
that the man, just need enough shackles engaged on the jipsy at any time. you can do the same thing on the trailing side. will work the same and less tension on the roller. just get enough engagement.
the angle does not matter. at all. the jipsy is round . only thing is how many links you catch
Enjoyed your video, you guys are such a great attitude. Good job on the windless, I think using that bow roller for an idler was about the best idea you could have had. Our boat had the windlessmounted in the chain locker the same way. Not the best way to set one up in my opinion. The problem with ours was always that once a little chain had piled up in the bottom of the locker, It would Back up and jam the windless, But we never could figure out a good way to remount it to the deck. Good sailing!
Can you design a roller to sit on top of the chain to change the angle and put more....hahaha...was writing this as you showed your solution.
IT ALIIIIVEEEEEE IT ALIIIIIVEEEE !!!!!! He he he 😆You react like me wen repare something and press the switch close my eyes and hope it dont blow up 🤪
..... great solution with the bow roller ..... can you make it so the roller spins so it does not flat spot .... gotta have loud tunes sometimes, it is just plain necessary ... I don't do it all the time but sometimes there is just the need, good choice of tunes to rock to ... smilin .... doing your homework, research sure paid off, 1,000 bucks, wowser! ..... have I mentioned before, love the interactions between the two of youse .... have fun be safe, save our oceans ....
Hey guy´s, I think if you put a pulley on deck, the chain run quite much better in and out.
Wish you all the best. Nice videos
you can bye cheep rubber mat like used in shower for you chain locker it will help reduce damage ,good idea with the roller that is what I would have done, maybe the windless should be on the deck. food for thought cheers great stuff guys
"Back in my days" girls would scream of joy receiving rings and flowers but millenial girls prefer big lumps of electric powered steel. O tempora, o mores!
You should after you get what rebuilding done your gonna do have rino liner sprayed on the I side of the chain locker it's a rubberized spray that dries in the solid sheet of rubber it's made for truck bed liners the stuff is bulletproof you can beat it with sledgehammers and it willnot come apart they just bounce off
It's probably enough to transfer the shock load to the deck through that cast housing and take it off the gypsy/axle/bearings, as you mentioned, don't you think?
Ahh but the rewards of your labors...two weeks of boat R and M...the places, scenery, the solitude and escaping all the BS going on in the world even if just for a brief moment in time...the ability just to spend time with your best mate through out the tough and the bliss.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 I know it’s not free but what is. Fair winds and following seas you two. Love your channel...Rick and Linnea.
3 day windlass install sounds about right, vertical windlass always has more chain/gypsy contact but your fix is pretty clever.I bet you guys could afford a new gun boat if Kiara went back to modeling for a year or two! :-) Cheers
Great episode. Congrats on the new windlass. We just went through a major bow refit to accommodate an electric windlass on our boat. The rule of thumb is no more than 6 degrees of rise or fall from the anchor roller to the gypsy. That is not always possible. You'll figure it out, for sure. BTW - the island you visited is pronounced "Tint - uh - mar." French. You guys were on the northeast corner of SXM. Did you sail to PInel, as well? Our favorite spot in the world is on Tintamarre. I could send you the GPS coordinates but then I would have to explain why. Lol. After my wife and I were married on SXM, we took a cruise with fifteen of our closest strangers to Tintamarre. Cheers!
G'day! 3 years on... wow's the Lofrans Windlass held up?
I'm old, I was starting to worry something happen when there wasn't a post last week and I don't see any new post on fb.
lol can't go wrong with AC/DC getting the energy levels up to do some work!
Question: Can't mount windlass on deck so chain falls into anchor locker? My preferred location! Happy sailing 😎
See ya Monday ;) hahaha
Thumbs up for AC/DC!
Don’t you need another roller on the edge of the hatch? It looked like it was getting damaged already after changing the angle it started hitting the edge. I love your videos. Please keep vlogging your projects. You guys are the best. Thanks for your videos.
Next time you're running errands, listen to ACDC on your headphones. Things just "get done".
Amigo é muita responsabilidade e muitas competência amigo parabéns gosti
You need to get a pully and make chain tensioner pully
Your solution is normal for that design, a beefer roller would be better pick one up when you find it.......
I had the same problem...
O you did it lol
I'd get a spare roller for the winless cause you just know soon as you half way to no where it's gonna break
Nothing wrong with that roller solution. Seen something like it rolling 24/7 for over 50 years. Maybe make a wide roller for the chain to pass over instead of rubbing on that bit of wood at the edge of the chain locker. MacGyver was a sailor and Murphy was an optimist.
Work and loud music absolutely go together-only way for me to be truly productive as well.
Nah !! She is right, its a grab handle !! :)
I was the first to view the video
You must be very proud ;-) . When you coming for a sail on Steely?
How did you calculate the size of windlass you would need? Looks nice but planning a similar job and trying to figure wattage v boat size etc...
3:32 The old windlass saying one last "F YOU!" before the scrap yard, and while it's probably too late you could have cannibalised the old gypsy in place of the $40 bow roller, you know, just to show the old windlass who's boss. 😆
Shim on a slight angle
Taking the easy way out? So now how are you going to keep those muscles toned?
i´m so glad that your channel isn´t "sailing JarJar" :D
Just curious, how much head room does your boat have?
That young lady has a bad case of "Adorable"
If there was a miss sail boat competition between all the other channels, she would win.
Eeeeew creepy!!!! she's a human being not an object.. ffs
Could you add a roller forward of the gypsy, situated >lower< than the gypsy, thus increasing the amount of chain wrap around the gypsy, enough to reduce or even prevent slippage?
Oops! Should have watched ALL of the video before commenting, as I later saw that you did exactly that!
Obrigado gatinha que Deus te abençoe você é todos gosti
I had the exact same problem with access for wires in the zero clearance housing and asked the exact same question “ how can they not know this is a shitty design’”?
Search Joe Brown
When I see your boat's state....I would like to tell you ...Go get yourself a crowdfunding campaign and buy a decent boat....Seems that the Guy that made the survey on that boat had personal problems and was not very focused...:-)
Can't stop laughing but at the same time....It reminds me and my first Camper....--)
Look at it this way you might be working on a old motor trying to get a freezer working but they are looking at steel and concrete and a 9 to 5 job they have to be at, Where do you want to be?