Little Dorrit
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How important is this when anchoring? While weighing anchor by hand especially single handed it's vital. However assuming a remote control for the windlass allowing the windlass to be controlled from the cockpit how important is it? Assuming 50m of chain the difference between a slow windlass at 18m/min vs a faster one at 35m/min would only halve the time it takes to get the anchor fully up so a difference of about 80 or 90 seconds. I would be interested to hear of any situations where such a time difference would be so important to the safety of the vessel.
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