My P335 already misses the central cleat as the previous owner had a cable coming out there. This cable is connected to a winch in the starboard aft part of the chain locker. The cable can be used in combination with the spinnaker pole and stabilizing lines to top spreaders to lower the mast without a crane. There is also a hinge beneath the foot of the mast.

I thought I would come back with some progress so far on the Windlass. My friend who is a mechanic has been helping me a lot as I am not very gifted in this department. We decided on aft of the anchor well, there is just too much other stuff in the way at the front of it.

Below are some photos

The Windlass is a Lewmar Pro Series Windlass 1000. This was wired into the same power and breaker as my Bowthruster as I am never going to be using both at the same time.

This is a work in progress as we are still figuring things out. Any advice you may have will be very gratefully received.

Went out sailing on Sunday and also got to test it out. It worked very well, but still have a few snags to sort.

1. Fitted a second bow roller to get the anchor offset and away from the jib furler. However, I need one that goes further forward of the boat as the anchor sits very close to the hull. I would prefer one that the anchor sits in and can be locked down ideally. Although this option does allow for the anchor to be removed and put in the anchor well.

2. As you can see, the chain is currently sitting over the top of the lid of the anchor well. I have not figured out how to best deal with this. Other boats I have had, the windlass was down in the well, so it pulled it the chain down on an angle into the well. I am guessing others have figured this out, please can you share your ideas.