For more than 90 years, Goiot has been your specialist for the manufacturing of aluminium, stainless steel and plastics parts and assemblies. Svp 4 pro activation key. We develop and produce solutions for boating, marine, and for all type of industries. With a workshop surface of more than 11,000 m2, near Nantes, France, Goiot offers its expertise for all series sizes. A proper windlass can make a world of difference if you spend much time at anchor. At Fisheries Supply we offer anchor windlasses for sale from trustworthy brands like Lewmar, Maxwell, Muir, Lofrans and more. We stock vertical and horizontal windlasses in manual, electric and hydraulic versions, along with anchor windlass capstans and more.
Having just bust my excellent manual 2 speed Goiot 309 windlass, I have found that not only do Goiot no longer make this windlass, they do not make windlasses at all despite all the pretty pictures on their website. So I am on the hunt for a horizontal axis replacement (my back won't allow me to work a vertical axis one). The prime candidates are the similar looking Lofrans Royal and the Vetus Ursus with 10mm gypsys (gypsies?).
A few questions.
- Our current (broken) Goiot manual windlass had two gear ratios, high and low, which was ideal although it probably led us to trying to hard. I have seen windlasses on other boats where the handle was linked directly to the gypsy resulting in it being horribly slow, two or three links at a time. Is there some sort of gearing between the Lofrans/Vetus windlasses handle and the gypsy to speed it up a little?
- Has anyone any experience with these models, reliability, usability?
- Has anyone any other suggestions?
Thanks
Angus
A few questions.
- Our current (broken) Goiot manual windlass had two gear ratios, high and low, which was ideal although it probably led us to trying to hard. I have seen windlasses on other boats where the handle was linked directly to the gypsy resulting in it being horribly slow, two or three links at a time. Is there some sort of gearing between the Lofrans/Vetus windlasses handle and the gypsy to speed it up a little?
- Has anyone any experience with these models, reliability, usability?
- Has anyone any other suggestions?
Thanks
Angus
TiggerToo
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Last weekend I was doing some routine maintenance to Tigger. I noticed that the electric windlass was working in 'forward' (down) but not in 'reverse' (up). However when switching to reverse there was a distinct clicking noise from down below. This is how I discovered that the switch is actually operated by a solenoid (Lofrans). I dismantled it and checked the contacts: there was no evident corrosion. I jiggled things around a bit and reassembled it - and it now works. Although I am happy for the time being, does anyone have any idea what might have been wrong? Anyone experienced this before? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
