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THIS FIX May SAVE Our SAILING Season in New Zealand

A HUGE thank you to VETUS Maxwell for partnering with us on this project! Watch when our anchor windlass gypsy stripped in French Polynesia: and when we replaced the gypsy in Nuku Hiva: and when we knew we needed to replace the windlass in Fiji: THIS FIX May SAVE Our SAILING Season in New Zea...

May 08, 2025
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:27:51

Lofrans Tigres Windlass Installation On A Westsail 42 Sailboat | Sailboat Story 208

The Lofrans Tigres horizontal windlass is one of the most common electric windlasses in use on cruising sailboats. It's time-tested, reliable, and spare parts are typically easy to come by so it seems like a great fit for our Westsail 42 sailboat. The installation went smoothly aside from the t...

Aug 26, 2022
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:17:34

Removing A Perfectly Good Windlass + DIY Fiberglass & Epoxy Deck Repair | Sailboat Story 180

The windlass that is currently installed on our boat is wrong in many ways. First of all, it's a vertical windlass, but a horizontal windlass is what was really needed. Secondly, it's location puts the motor obtrusively in the middle of the forward cabin. Third, the chain dumps directly...

Apr 15, 2022
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:20:20

Windlass Removal and Installation [Adventure #204]

We get the bad news that our old windlass motor can’t be repaired AND we’re being kicked out of the harbor by the police! What do we do? A quick 3-day windlass replacement! Come see how we come up with a solution, replacing our old Nilsson with a manual windlass and a nice install, despite cold, ...

Mar 16, 2020
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:13:11

Boat Projects Have Begun! Upgrading our Anchor Winch [Windlass Installation] Ep 103

You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: Wanna stop by and say Hi? Meet & Greet dates available on our website: Thanks a million to Maxwell Marine and Vetus-Maxwell for helping to provide us with this gorgeous new windlass! www.maxwellmarine.com ***WANT TO SUP...

Dec 05, 2019
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:23:08

No more hauling by hand!! Windlass Installation [EP 54] | Sailing Millennial Falcon

After arriving in St Martin and collecting our new Lofrans Tigres windlass we eagerly set about installing it. We had a few challenges during and after the installation. To celebrate and to test our new windlass, we took our good friends Kenny and Mika out for a sail to Tintamarre island north east...

Jul 07, 2019
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:18:29

Life is Like Sailing Windlass Install Explained & a Half Haul Out

I've had a lot of people ask to get more info on the Maxwell RC 10-8 windlass install so here it is. I also included a quick trip over to Port Edward for a half haul out. Don't forget to THUMBS UP, SHARE and SUBSCRIBE if you enjoyed this episode. Now you can bring LIFE IS LIKE SAILIN...

Jun 02, 2018
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:24:00