Help Picking a Windlass

[jongolds]

I'm tired of feeding my anchor rode throught the small hole on deck in to the locker on my Tsunami. I'm adding a windlass but thought I'd see what people here might already be using succesfully or if you have andy advice.

They all seem to be rated by pulling power and speed. Speed is obviously a matter of convenience but how much power do you think is needed for a 23' Tsunami. My feeling is that I would be fine with the smallest model from almost anyone. Do you think that's right?

What's the difference between manual and automatic freefall? Is freefall as important as I think it is?

Anyone have any experience using a vertical model on a Tsunami or Scepter. I prefer the look but am not sure about the room in the locker for it or if there as dependable. Is anyone using a vertical model succesfuly or unsuccesfully?