billyfish
Active member
I'm thinking of putting a windlass to pull the anchor up on my modest 28 footer , it yaws about in both wind and tide making it difficult if on the bow with controls at the stern. My current one if manual which works fine if someone is with me and I can stear . But why is the leasure industry flooded with electric ones it seams mad to me to put a electric item right on the bow in all the weather. Why not hydraulic ? I worked with tractors and mowers all my life all hydraulic , tiny motors and pumps , small pipes , easy to control the flow rate. A manufacturer did bring out a electric greens mower and guess what water got in when you washed it off. Maybe there is such a thing but all I can find is fishing boat ones.