Winsome Anchors (but not Siouan)

[Koontz John E]

On Fri, 20 Aug 2004, Alan H. Hartley wrote:
> 'Win' is not a suppletive to 'weigh' (as far as I know). The anchor
> sense fits pretty well into the constellation of senses attested in the
> OED for 'win' (verb, homonym 1):

I may be confused.  Doesn't winning the anchor mean using the capstan to
draw the ship to a position above the anchor?  As opposed to using it to
haul the anchor up to the cathead, which is the next step?