Oh, man! What a cool vid! I got me a really excellent windlass for this boat. The previous owner was a big massive super strong dock worker, and he somehow just pulled all that chain and the big old anchor up by hand. I could just not do that, even with crew. I tried so hard! We both did! We ended up improvising with the main winches [old and lame and unique to Cheoy Lee, so kind of Chinese and retarded, but they work a charm nonetheless, so I have kept them, despite the recent WestMarine 50% off winch sale...] But anyway, I found this super nice old jobby for sale from a friendly local Frenchman who was selling off lots of old gear for cheap. It's fully gear driven, and fully up to the task of pulling up all my chain and anchor with little drama. I engineered it;s installation to pretty much be able to handle the weight of the entire boat, and it;s one of the few jobs I did right and am proud of, even if the old windlass is covered with ruined shitty paint from previous owners and looks absolutely terrible. I had to make a handle for it, but with that handle, it is SUPER EASY to pull up hundreds of feet of chain AND an anchor. Damn, come sailing with me someday! Hopefully it;ll be one of those days after I;ve gotten all the varnish and paint sorted again. She sails best in super shitty weather, and is remarkably fast. What was that Contessa that won the fastnet race that horrible year? A friend of mine took that shot of us from one of those and we beat him back to the harbor that day with running the motor, although he claimed we did. That would have just slowed us down! She sucks under power! She ROCKS under sail! Especially if the breeze is on the beam, of course. Which it kind of was that day.