Finally, after many years of hauling rode, chain and anchor hand over hand, I have decided to install an electric windlass on Eidos. Here is an example of what another owner of an East Orient did on his boat:
He added a beam in the center of the boat which provided support for the windlass so that the chain and rode just drop down into the locker below. Looks simple enough. But his windlass is a manual model - Lofrans Royal. A new one costs only 550 Euros.
After reading a lot about the benefits and drawbacks of electric v.s. manual and vertical v.s. horizontal anchor windlasses, I am drawn to a horizontal manual one. One of my constraints is a small anchor chain locker, so a horizontal windlass is better as it is mounted on deck and needs only 30cm (12in) distance from the deck to the top of the chain.
