We just bought a new-to-us Bayliner 3988. It has a Muir Cougar windlass, with 20' of 5/16" chain and 200' of 9/16" rope. When I try to retrieve the anchor, the rope doesn't go far enough down into the gypsy to grab, and it ends up slipping. I bought 200' of new 8 plait rode with the same 20' of chain, but it is only a little better. I have found that if I push down on the rode with my foot just before the gypsy, there is more wrap and it pulls much better. I am thinking of making a bracket that will push the rode down as much as possible just before the gypsy. Has anybody else tried this, or does anybody have a better idea? Muir makes an attachment that supposedly helps, but the reading that I have done suggests that it is expensive and doesn't work well. I don't know that it will fit on my boat anyway, because of the location of the hole into the anchor rope locker.
Thanks,
Jim
Thanks,
Jim
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