I found this windlass on Craig's List. The seller, Ed from South Carolina, just happened to be coming through NYS on his way to his sailboat in Toronto.I met him in Utica, and we did the deal. This came from a 1940 Alden ketch. Ed told the story of when he took a slip at Trump Plaza Marina in Atlantic City with the Alden. Trump's boat was a few docks away and one evening "the Donald" strolled by the boat and his only comment was " Hey, nice windlass". We think it will be a nice bit of bronze on the bow of the spray.
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Nice looking hunk of metal you've got there, Jim.
Have to say, though, you're going to be getting plenty of exercise pulling in 100' of chain with that thing!
Hope all is well - Charlie
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