Phil Martin
We went to heave up the anchor in Ngawhakawhiti Bay and clunk. Forty-five minutes later we'd recovered it by hand and that was both a good exercise and good exercise! Turns out a stud to the up side of the bi-directional motor was fractured, had been arcing, and had finally burnt through. The windlass has gone ashore to Phil's workshop.
Windlass motor corrosion
It's a bit hard to imagine the incident that could have started this. I mean, it's just of academic interest now, but what on earth? Everything about the windlass design protects it from water ingress seeing as it has to live on the foredeck. Weird. Fortunately, Lusty & Blundell have a replacement motor and gearbox in stock.
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