Any body got any experience with one of these "babies" ??
or any contacts to purchase one?
Its for my Cole, and not decided on wether to put it on the lid
of anchor locker or slightly behind, or even in it..... Ideas???
thanx Paul.

No! put it on the lid for sure will provide much entertainment for us
You can start another thread...
"How to salvage ground tackle and muir anchor winch"

I bought a VMH500 off ebay a couple of years ago quite cheap but it is missing the chain stripper plate. Parts are available from Muir I believe.

I am not selling it but I am just pointing out the "H". This one has an integrated hawser and needs to be partially mounted over the locker to drop the chain in to it.

For anything up to about a 5 tonne displacement they are an ideal little winch. Definitely would not mount it on the lid.

You could mount it just behind the lid with the hawse projecting over the well with a support bracket under it and a cutout in the lid to accomodate the hawse.

They retail for about $1050 and the only chandlery in Brisbane that I have seen them on the shelf is Muir Marine at Manly. No relation to the winch makers.

Here are the two web site links. http://www.muir.com.au/muir_main.swf

www.muirmarine.com.au/

Muirs in Brisbane is probably the most extensively stocked chandlery in Queensland. Jason is the boss.

The rest including Whitworths are relying heavily on catalogue and web site listings.

It is great to be able to go into a chandlery and pick something up and see it and feel it and say "Yes. That is the size I want."

A friend has one of these winches mounted on his Adams 31 and is very satisfied with it. Cheers Cisco

oh yes !!! i agree about these shops that dont stock stuff....... i hate going to one of those big chain stores to find i gotta order everthing..... DOH !!! not good when you live an hour away.

planesailing said...

thanks for the info. yeah i thought on the lid was a bad idea, i just saw a yacht
that had it done that way and thought it might be a "new trend".
the cole is a 43 not a 31. we anchor rarely and only for lunches or o.night if the
forecast is good. i want a manual winch, im not interested in electric worries with
relays batteries etc. etc. if i can get one for $1000 i will get one.

Cole 43, naturally I am envious. I have a nice picture of Rum Runner on the beach. Not sure why you need a winch for that size of boat unless you use all chain and want to keep your hands clean. I use chain and rope on both my yacht and fishing vessel. I'm only 61 and have no trouble. The yacht has the foredeck hatch and is straight forward. The fishing vessel is 40 foot and 18 tons, in shallow water I just ease the boat up the anchor rope and pull it on board using the bollard and the boats motion to break the anchor free if needed. In deeper water and fresh current, 50 to 120 metres depth I use the bubble method. 5, nine inch bubbles attached to the anchor line with a large SS shackle so it slides on the rode. Just drive past the anchor rode so the anchor line ends up off the stern quarter, the buoys disappear down the rode till they eventually end up supporting the anchor chain and anchor on the surface. Just stop and gather the lot back on board.