Once you get the anchor out there, you'll have to bring it back in On a 41' catamaran, the anchor is going to be pretty heaving and hauling in rope, then chain is not an easy task Enter the Windlass basically it's a winch on it's side and designed to handle chain The other key feature is that it's electric! Push a button and in comes the anchor!
A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight
"A cylinder on an axle, turned by a crank or brace [or, on the Lady, by direct manpower], useful for hoisting and hauling " (Uden & Cooper) A windlass revolves around a horizontal axis, as opposed to a capstan, which rotates around a vertical axis
A handle rewuired to operate locks Used to prevent unauthorised persons from operating locks
An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow
A machine for working cables, and often used in weighing anchors, and generally mounted in the bows of the ship The windlass is distinguished from a capstan by having the barrel, or cable spool in a horizontal position
1 A winch used for hauling cable, anchor chain or line; 2 A winch with its drum on which the line is wrapped turning on a horizontal axis; Compare to capstan 3 A mechanical device used for hoisting anchors or other heavy objects
A windlass is a mechanical device for lifting heavy objects, which uses a motor to pull a rope or chain around a cylinder. = winch. a machine for pulling or lifting heavy objects (vindass, from vinda + ass )
{i} device which is used to hoist objects up by means of a rope attached to a horizontal cylinder that is turned manually or mechanically, winch; hoist
A handle or key for opening and closing lock paddles, shaped in the form of the letter L and having a square socket at one end to fit on the square of the spindle operating the paddle gear
An L-shaped tool used for opening paddles on lock gates Often carried in the waist band or belt of a boater
lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds
An apparatus in which horizontal drums or wheels are operated by means of a steam engine, pneumatic engine, hydraulic engine, or electric motor for handling heavy anchor chains, hawsers, etc
n. A hoisting device that has two drums of different sizes on the same axis. A line wound on the larger and unwound from the smaller drum provides extra lifting power. Also called Chinese windlass