AL3 Series
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QUICK AL3Series INSTALLATION AND USER’S MANUAL - REV000A
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6 - Cautions & Use
MANUAL ANCHOR WEIGHING (no drum version)
1 Disconnect the windlass power supply.
2 Use the lock lever control (F/G) to engage the lock lever (H) on the gypsy.
3 Disengage the clutch (at least 2 turns of the bush anticlockwise), insert the lever (C) into the seat in the gypsy cover (E) and
manually take up the chain by rotating the lever (C) clockwise.
After the manual weighing procedure remove the
lever (C) from its seat and insert it into the bush (D) to tighten the clutch. Remove the lever (C) from the gypsy cover (E). Release
the gypsy using the control lever (F/G). Reconnect the windlass power supply.
MANUAL ANCHOR WEIGHING (drum version)
1 Disconnect the windlass power supply.
2 Use the lock lever control (F/G) to engage the lock lever (H) on the gypsy.
Use the lever (C) to completely loosen the bush, pull off the drum and mount the
manual anchor weighing on the gypsy with the corresponding screws. Insert the
lever (C) into the seat in the anchor weighing (I) and manually take up the chain by
rotating the lever clockwise.
3 After the manual weighing (I) procedure, remove the lever from its seat, reinsert
the drum and tighten the drum to tighten the clutch.
during take up maintain a safe distance between hands and windlass
drum.
Once take up is complete, screw up the clutch by tightening the gypsy drum
clockwise and secure the rope to a bitt or other strong point on the boat.
6.2 Drum use
WARNING: Before carrying out warping operations, check that the anchor and relative rope or chain are solidly xed
to a bitt or another strong point on the boat.
For the independent use of the drum , turn the lock lever control (F/G) to engage the lock lever (H) of the gypsy , release the
clutch with the handle (C), (at least 2 turns of the bush anticlockwise). Remove the handle from the bush on the gypsy, wrap
the rope around the drum (at least 3 turns). Activate the windlass control, keeping the rope under tension during take up.
By varying the tension during take up it is possible to modify the rope winding speed.
WARNING: during take up maintain a safe distance between hands and windlass drum.
Once take up is complete, screw up the clutch by tightening the gypsy drum clockwise and secure the rope to a bitt or other
strong point on the boat.
WARNING: before weighing anchor release the gypsy.
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Check that the control (F/G) that locks the gypsy is
disengaged.
1 Release the gypsy safety lock (H).
2 Have the gypsy lock control slide toward the stern.
3 Automatic inserting of the gypsy lock (H).
LOCK DISENGAGED LOCK ENGAGED
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