A windlass, on the other hand, has no inherent limit on the length of the rode, which is dictated instead by the volume of the anchor locker. This is a win for the windlass. Wear and Tear A windlass ...

"A windlass is like a spool of thread," Sandy began in a confessional interview. "It has a clutch so you free it from the teeth that haul the anchor.

According to Shawn Carragher and Zac Malone, zone managers, Code 312, Aircraft Carrier Program Office, who were part of recent windlass repairs on USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), it required 78 ...