Windless on Yamaha 275

[dwakeman]

Has anyone installed a windless anchor on their Yamaha 275? I’m thinking about doing it and would like to look at detailed pictures of existing installs and know what equipment you had to buy. I searched all the forums, but couldn’t find any examples.

I plan to cut through the front of the hull since it’s just not possible to put one on top of the bow because the anchor locker wouldn’t close, and I would lose the front bow cleat. TIA.

 

[VitaminSea]

Tagging @JETSKIJIMMY, as I recall he mentioned in a post listing the front ladders from a few boats where his dealership installed a Windlass.

 

[VitaminSea]

Was thinking more about this, and if you don’t have already, it might be a good opportunity to run a fresh water line up there to rinse everything off when retrieving. From your location, I realize you probably don’t boat in salt water, but the shower can assist in rinsing off any mud/sand from the rode.

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

Here is the thread where cycle springs put one on a 275. It’s through the stem as you thought would be the best way to do it.

Thread 'Cycle Springs Windlass modification for 27' Yamahas'

Nov 21, 2020

Anyone else see the windlass mod Cycle Springs (Dealer in FL) on a Yamaha 275?

Wonder if the feedback here is the same as it was on FB....

• Julian
• Replies: 10
• Forum: General Discussion

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Before you go any farther my suggestion would be to figure out how much all of that equipment weighs and put that much weight in your anchor locker and see how it affects the boat’s attitude whilst on the water compared to not having that weight in there. You might consider having that weight up there and go run it to see how it affects it as well, and maybe even put your normal people load up there too.

Here is what I did with my boat, I installed an anchor roller and quick cleat. If I need a front bow cleat I run the dock lines through the anchor roller and down inside the lock and use the 8” cleat in there.

Thread 'Anchor Roller with Quick cleat 210 FSH sport'

Mar 18, 2023

So, besides the fact the anchor locker hatch opens the wrong way, using the anchor is, well, a bit of a pain. So my friend who has helped me with the other projects came up with an idea and today was the first mock up. The bow cleat is only used really for anchoring, and the 6” pop up cleat is small for my 3/8” rode, so we decided to remove it and make good use of that spot.

Removed bow cleat:


Bow roller with wooden mock up adapter: The final adapter will be made of an aluminum block, but the wooden piece will serve as a good template.





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• FSH 210 Sport
• Replies: 15
• Forum: General Discussion

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I replaced the stock raw water wash down hose with a longer one that reaches the bow so I can rinse off the ground tackle as I pull it back in. You could add a thru hull with a sea cock and either make a dedicated raw water wash down with its own pump / plumbing so you don’t have to use your fresh water supply, or put a diverter valve on the existing fresh water pump inlet so you could select from either raw water or your fresh water tank.

 

[dwakeman]

Here is the thread where cycle springs put one on a 275. It’s through the stem as you thought would be the best way to do it.

Thread 'Cycle Springs Windlass modification for 27' Yamahas'

Nov 21, 2020

Anyone else see the windlass mod Cycle Springs (Dealer in FL) on a Yamaha 275?

Wonder if the feedback here is the same as it was on FB....

• Julian
• Replies: 10
• Forum: General Discussion

• 

Before you go any farther my suggestion would be to figure out how much all of that equipment weighs and put that much weight in your anchor locker and see how it affects the boat’s attitude whilst on the water compared to not having that weight in there. You might consider having that weight up there and go run it to see how it affects it as well, and maybe even put your normal people load up there too.

Here is what I did with my boat, I installed an anchor roller and quick cleat. If I need a front bow cleat I run the dock lines through the anchor roller and down inside the lock and use the 8” cleat in there.

Thread 'Anchor Roller with Quick cleat 210 FSH sport'

Mar 18, 2023

So, besides the fact the anchor locker hatch opens the wrong way, using the anchor is, well, a bit of a pain. So my friend who has helped me with the other projects came up with an idea and today was the first mock up. The bow cleat is only used really for anchoring, and the 6” pop up cleat is small for my 3/8” rode, so we decided to remove it and make good use of that spot.

Removed bow cleat:


Bow roller with wooden mock up adapter: The final adapter will be made of an aluminum block, but the wooden piece will serve as a good template.





Top...

• FSH 210 Sport
• Replies: 15
• Forum: General Discussion

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I replaced the stock raw water wash down hose with a longer one that reaches the bow so I can rinse off the ground tackle as I pull it back in. You could add a thru hull with a sea cock and either make a dedicated raw water wash down with its own pump / plumbing so you don’t have to use your fresh water supply, or put a diverter valve on the existing fresh water pump inlet so you could select from either raw water or your fresh water tank.

Thank you. I wonder why when I searched I did not find these posts.

Well, a very nicely done job , I’m not crazy about how low the anchor and wonder if it’s possible to do it with the anchor coming straight out and higher. I’ll have to do some measuring, but at least now I know it’s possible. Good idea to put some weight up there and see how the boats attitude is impacted.

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

Thank you. I wonder why when I searched I did not find these posts.

Well, a very nicely done job , I’m not crazy about how low the anchor and wonder if it’s possible to do it with the anchor coming straight out and higher. I’ll have to do some measuring, but at least now I know it’s possible. Good idea to put some weight up there and see how the boats attitude is impacted.

Right on.. I put in Windlass in the site search engine and I think it was on the second or third page.

the reason I suggest the weight test is two fold, one, it could submerse you anchor locker drain so you’d have to replace the oem drain fitting with a stainless one and put a plug in it. The second reason is that on my boat as I have put more and more stuff in it the bow has gone down and now if I want to wash down the deck I have to fill two 5 gallon buckets of water and put them on the swim step to help get the water to flow to the deck drain when I’m up in the bow, this could also have an inhibiting effect of water flowing out of the deck drain in the back.

 

[dwakeman]

Right on.. I put in Windlass in the site search engine and I think it was on the second or third page.

the reason I suggest the weight test is two fold, one, it could submerse you anchor locker drain so you’d have to replace the oem drain fitting with a stainless one and put a plug in it. The second reason is that on my boat as I have put more and more stuff in it the bow has gone down and now if I want to wash down the deck I have to fill two 5 gallon buckets of water and put them on the swim step to help get the water to flow to the deck drain when I’m up in the bow, this could also have an inhibiting effect of water flowing out of the deck drain in the back.

Thanks again. I installed a different drain because water was seeping in through the old anchor locker drain and getting into my ski locker. Since I installed this one, I have not had a problem, but I understand what you are saying. I can put a plug in this one if needed. Good point about checking to be sure the boat drains well, as I do the same thing as you when cleaning, with the exception that I installed a pump with a sprayer in the bow to wash down with.

 

[dwakeman]

I also posted this request on the Yamaha 275 group in Facebook and somebody said that Cycle Springs told him that if you cut the hull you void the hull warranty so I may have to rethink the whole thing.

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