Bow details

[Bill Robinson]

Hi Ben,
Herewith the photos of Jenain's bow set up.

[Bill Robinson]

Hi Ben ,

I have a 1500 watt Lofrans Tiger windlass, nice and powerful, and easy to maintain. It has two sets of controls, the two foot switches that you can see, and also a "crane control" stanchion on the end of a long lead, that can reach to the cockpit from inside the fore cabin. Needed when hoisting the anchor single handed.

Yes, that is how the chain plates are made. 

The cheeks of the bow  rollers, and the strap over the anchor are all S.S. , painted white. This is much easier to maintain than polished S.S. , and when it does gets scratched, you have months to touch it up before rust starts.

Cheers,

Bill.
Aboard yacht JENAIN.

On 1 Aug 2015, at 17:12, Ben Dyer <ben...@hotmail.com> wrote:

Hey Bill,

Ok, what type of windlass have you got?

So, the chainplates go through the deck and weld on to the inside of the topside of the hull - is that right?  I am assuming your bow roller assembly is stainless as well?

Subject: Bow details
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Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 11:11:14 +0800
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Hi Ben,
Herewith the photos of Jenain's bow set up.
 

The stowage for the windlass handle, and the deck wash outlet valve
The sprit in position, note the arch over the anchor, this prevents the chain from jumping off the roller, which it did one night. I made the sprit from an old, damaged boom that I found.
The inboard end of the sprit attaches to the Sampson post horn.
The sprit passes through the roll bar of the Rocna anchor, and is held by the chain/anchor retaining pin. It is always removed when close inshore, just incase the anchor is needed in a hurry. Aboard yacht JENAIN.

[Bill Robinson]

Hi Ben,

Yes, it was sometime in 1994 when Jenain was being built, that Dudley drew the rudder plans. When the time comes, I suggest that I help you with some advice, and then you ask Dudley to O.K. your design. It will not be difficult to build. 

With the motors, there was a bit of fuss, but not too much. My original engine was a Perkins Perama, 34 HP., and to get it in and out, I had to remove the heat exchanger and alternator. The replacement engine is a 50 HP Beta Marine unit. To get this in, I removed the sump, (covered the bottom of the motor with plastic), and also the alternator, and lowered it in. Once it was through the companionway, the sump was replaced before it was lowered further. This was less work than removing, and replacing, the heat exchanger on the Perkins. I got prior "permission",  to do this from Beta Marine, as I did not want to have any comebacks if there was ever a warranty issue.  They OKayed it, and also my change to the raw water cooling system. They also accepted me doing the commissioning tests and runs. Yanmar by comparison, insist that their agents do the commissioning, at huge cost! 

Regards,

Bill.

Aboard yacht JENAIN.

On 2 Aug 2015, at 06:11, Ben Dyer <ben...@hotmail.com> wrote:

Good morning Bill.

I sent a message to dudley regarding the rudder plans and he said that although he remembers you and the rudder plans well, with 3 moves of a house and a change of country he thinks finding them might be fruitless.  Not to worry.

That looks like a great winch.  And the idea of controlling it from the cockpit would be a real advantage.

I am interested to hear how you went about changing engines.  I am assuming both motors were able to fit through the companion way with a "minimal" of fuss??

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