Install a Pop-Up Cleat to Save Your Windlass! Easy DIY to make you look like a pro!

This one simple piece of hardware can save years of wear and tear on your windlass. Installing a pop-up cleat between your bow roller and windlass takes the pressure off your windlass when you're at anchor. Let Bobby from Dark Horse Marine show you how to do this easy DIY project that will look like a professional install at the end!

[@Honda1k]

What size cleat

[@comcirrus]

But is it not advisable to connect the Cleat to a strong place, where a strong wind will not tear it from the place?

[@Darkhorsemarine]

Absolutely. Generally, if the deck is strong enough to support a windlass, it will support the cleat as well.

[@user-dq1wc1iu7k]

The pop up cleat will become trash after a few uses of the windlass having the chain going back and forth over it

[@phanc70846]

What do you do if you have an all chain rode?

[@Darkhorsemarine]

To relieve the tension on the windlass, you’ll need an anchor snubber. See link: dbropes.com/products/1-2-x-12-three-strand-anchor-snubber?variant=32898042658921¤cy=USD&gclid=CjwKCAjwpKCDBhBPEiwAFgBzj870HhqFL_xg0OQX14_xfbB2p3VPqnNf20KEfCFTcchRJIIbBZak6BoCWEYQAvD_BwE

[@garzonlaperle9403]

Woodprix has a lot of plans to choose from.