Re: Anchor Windlass
HA BRIGUY
I hear you on the anchoring I fish the artificial reefs down here in South Florida and sometimes I drop down 2-3 times a trip. I also use the anchor retrieval method as you do and it has been working good for me. When I re did my boat this year I removed the cap and replaced all the cork that is used for the lamination between the top and bottom layers of glass. I don’t think you could mount a windless anchor on the cap unless you first rebuild the lamination with plywood to support the stress that could occur on the bolts that hold it in place. Personally I think that it would be just a mater of time before you would see a soft spot and then much more problems would occur. Or you might want to put a large aluminum plate under and above the cap for support and use a lot of 5200 and epoxy to prevent water from getting in there. The problem with the aluminum plates is that you are still drilling through cork lamination and I thing in time the cork would brake down from the stress.
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