Ground Tackle - Windlass
Pau Hana came with a very robust windlass, Royal by Lofrans. It is a manual windlass, uses no power, works flawlessly & has a warping drum. It is a very nice unit and pretty pricey. Here's the problem...It's a lot of dang work to pull the anchor even a short distance! To add to that, it is slow to retrieve, which can be a problem when you are boating single handed or need to get the "hook" up in a hurry. It is however, mostly a problem for my deckhand (wife) as she is the one usually doing the anchor dropping/retrieving. I just couldn't let her suffer anymore. I bit the bullet & purchased a Lewmar Pro-Series 1000 from West Marine as I have a Port Supply account which usually gives me a pretty good discount. In anticipation of receiving the windlass, I downloaded the manual & ran the power wires. I planned to use the Negative terminal at the Bow Thruster (located under the forward berth) since it has a wire run from the engine room using 2/0 AWG wire...