Handling the Transition Between Chain and Warp

[Old Bumbulum]

As I contemplate a new mooring chain with a decent amount of warp behind it I'm left wondering how one manages the change between chain and warp with a gipsy and seperate drum type windlass (eg Lofrans Tigre)

How do you manage the change-over? Or do you just scrag the warp using the gipsy to recover it and ignore the drum?

 

[ctva]

There shouldn't be that much tension where you cannot momentarily move the warp / chain from drum to sprockets or back. A nudge of the engine, which should be on anyway, works wonders.

 

[Laysula]

There shouldn't be that much tension where you cannot momentarily move the warp / chain from drum to sprockets or back. A nudge of the engine, which should be on anyway, works wonders.

That's what we do.

 

[Muddy32]

+1

https://forums.ybw.com/index.php?th...een-chain-and-warp.535604/reply&quote=7066964

 

[lw395]

Unless the anchor's off the bottom at the join it's a non-issue.
Quite often pull the string in by hand, just use the windlass for the chain.

If you do have the anchor aweigh, then you might be looking at securing with a chain hook and hauling in a bit more.
Only needed to do that playing at Race Committee Boat where no sensible person would anchor!

 

[LadyInBed]

My gypsy also grips warp. Putting the warp on the drum would cause me a hassle trying to get the warp down the hole under the windlass into the chain locker.

 

[Old Bumbulum]

My gypsy also grips warp. Putting the warp on the drum would cause me a hassle trying to get the warp down the hole under the windlass into the chain locker.

Quite!