Hello all! I bought a '99 Ciera 2855 at the very end of last season. It does not have a windlass and I'd like to add one. However, the way the '99 is designed with the integrated anchor pulpit makes it difficult to imagine how to do it. Any recommendations would be appreciated. Pictures of successful installations would be awesome!
On the '99, the anchor is drawn through the pulpit and the shank lays in a shallow trough. The anchor rode cleat (which is also the bow line cleat) is mounted inside the end of that trough. The windlass would need to be mounted so that the rode is pulled within the center of the trough, but loaded into the locker on one side of the trough.
The Bayliner designers also obviously felt that the 2855 requires no chain in the rode since they specified a plastic hawse pipe and no chain lock. In addition, there is only a single cleat at the end of the trough to which you must tie both the anchor rode and bow line. What were they thinking?
Here is a picture of a 2855 bow (not mine). There is a windlass on this one and you can see the trough, but the windlass is a bit in the way of the bow line.
Attached files [img]/media/kunena/attachments/vb/662788=25247-2855bow.jpg[/img]
On the '99, the anchor is drawn through the pulpit and the shank lays in a shallow trough. The anchor rode cleat (which is also the bow line cleat) is mounted inside the end of that trough. The windlass would need to be mounted so that the rode is pulled within the center of the trough, but loaded into the locker on one side of the trough.
The Bayliner designers also obviously felt that the 2855 requires no chain in the rode since they specified a plastic hawse pipe and no chain lock. In addition, there is only a single cleat at the end of the trough to which you must tie both the anchor rode and bow line. What were they thinking?
Here is a picture of a 2855 bow (not mine). There is a windlass on this one and you can see the trough, but the windlass is a bit in the way of the bow line.
Attached files [img]/media/kunena/attachments/vb/662788=25247-2855bow.jpg[/img]
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