wirless remote chaincounter

Hi,
Two months ago I connected a 3 button Lewmar remote control to our Lewmar windlass. The connection was made to the remote control plug of the windlass and not to the winlass control box. Lewmar provides a leaflet with many alternative ways to connect it and it is marketed as a standalone product not specifically designed for their windlasses. The same probably applies to the chain counters.

But I really wonder why you need a chain counter. While setting the anchor I just count the seconds (1001,1002,1003,...) while pressing the down button. The speed of the windlass while dropping the anchor is always the same (about 45cm/sec) , so I can select how many meters I want to drop so that I have about 20 meters of chain lying on the sea bottom. Then I pull the chain a few meters buy traveling backwards without releasing chain to set the anchor. After I am happy that the anchor holds I release more chain as required by counting the seconds. To retrieve the anchor I always do it from the bow since the chain needs supervision and manual help in the chain locker - so there is no need for any chain counter.


Edited by panos - 05 January 2011 at 00:24

Hi,

The receiver signal is very strong ! I can operate the windlass from 30 meters away. As for the chain counter, my opinion is that sailing has already become a job for an electronic expert and things go wrong faster than I can fix them. So I try to keep it as simple as possible - this is extremely difficult with the 630e since it is already a "technological kindergarden"