Operating instructions

Ratcheting collar.
Insert bar in this
hole. (Collar can be
rotated by hand to
usable position.)
4A4: Anchor Windlass
The anchor on Dream Catcher is raised and lowered by a Lofrans
Tigres Windlass on the bow pulpit. The windlass is controlled by foot
switches at the bow. The control circuit breaker for the windlass is on the
windlass breaker panel on the starboard side of trhe salon helm console.
The windlass raises/lowers the anchor. A large handwheel is the brake.
If the windlass should fail to operate when its foot switches are
operated, trouble-shoot as follows:
• Be sure the windlass breaker and switch are “on”;
• If the breaker/switch was on, try the manual up/down switch at
either helm (if this works, use these switches instead of the foot switches until
the foot switches are repaired);
• If the manual switches don’t work, you can quickly determine if the windlass itself
has failed: Remove the back cover from the windlass and, with a voltmeter,
check to see if while a switch is depressed, there is DC voltage on it’s terminals;
if not, check the actual wires themselves where they connect to the windlass, for
the windlass uses so much current that sometime the connect — though it
appears tight — may have failed. If there is voltage on the wires, tighten the nuts
firmly on the terminals.
• If all this fails, use the manual cog to engage the teeth on the windlass to keep
the wildcat from letting out chain while you loosen the clutch on the starboard
side of the windlass. Then put the handle in the collar on the left side, and
“ratchet” the windlass up with the handle, tightening the clutch after each lift to
keep the chain from slipping back.
4A5: Anchoring & Stern/Shore Line: See Section 3B.
Brake Wheel
Motor Clutch.
Insert handle to
loosen; then
further tighten/
loosen by hand.
Windlass panel by lower
helm. (This also feeds the
dinghy davit windlass!)
Section 4A: Anchor & Ground Tackle 4.3