The windlass became the target of attention. The Bloke had been berating himself that he'd not checked it for a while and shuddered to think that we might have occasion to manually operate it. The gypsy clutches would need to release to allow our anchor chain to run freely in manual override mode and if neglected this would all 'stick', or worse, already be jammed. The Windlass (anchor winch) is only used close to shore, so failure to operate properly could leave us in a precarious situation and would likely have us both resorting to the 'F@#k Box'.
The Bloke prepares. Anchor chain is tied off to prevent sudden deployment of the anchor followed by 65m of chain. He needn't have worried in the first instance; everything had jammed up a suspected - this annual job was overdue for sure*.
Yeh! That's what all Blokes love - a bit of biffo with the persuader AKA a rubber mallet.
Still resisting?
Constructive girlie suggestion - consult the manual!
Progress at last but further persuasion required.
More tools please!
Ooops, no wonder it was hard to shift.
There goes another pot scrubber.
Deeply satisfied with his bit of preventive maintenance, it was time for an hour of praise and 5ers.
*Just to clarify, all was working fine with the remote control.
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