Stern anchor windlass is now working

The stern anchor windlass is now working again! Not that we use it but still it is nice to have it functioning in case we chose too.

 We had greased it up and it was ready to go.

 The old car cables we removed and replaced them with new marine grade cables. The old ones were showing signs of corrosion. 

We routed the new wires and added a new on\off switch and a 40 AMP fuse.

The fuse is on order as there were not any 40 AMP Blue Seas terminal fuses around town.

We also re-wired and put new connections on most of the wires.

The power wire from the breaker was #8 and had to be made longer. That meant a run to Marine Exchange for some #8 wire and connectors and a joiner.

Again this crimping tool came in handy.

We then added a new bus.

The first 10' or 20' is chain then it is all rope rode.