CDavis2 said:
We were on a 48' Power Cat with Marine Max. The windlass ran fine from the battery although I also think we had the generator running if that made a difference at all. We were able to raise the anchor under power. I am not sure if we would have been able to get it up by hand.
The windless would not have worked on the batteries. It will work on most but not all charter boats on the genset. It's something to check on the briefings. On some boats it will only run if a specific engine is running. Others it will work with either engine. Off course you can always drop the anchor without power.
I lost the windless diving the Wit Shoal in deep water. We had 200 feet of chain out. Not fun getting it in and I had 6 big guys. Chain is heavy so the more you have out the worse it is!
