Goiot 308 gipsy

[SY Racer]

Hi everybody,

my SO 34.2 (1998) came with a Goiot 308 manual windlass when I took the boat over last year:



I spent some time in a complete overhaul:







Now I'm in need of a 8mm gipsy for the windlass, as the 8mm chain does not really fit the 10mm gipsy. I already contacted Goiot, but they stopped production of the model 10 years ago and don't have parts any more.

So, if somebody has a 8mm Gipsy to sell or to swap for a 10mm one, let me know.

Thx

Carsten

[Charlie-Bravo]

Good luck with the gypsy hunt, I had a similar situation with a discontinued Quick windlass and the 8mm gypsy took a long search, eventually found one, complete with clutch cones, hiding in Spain, but in the time the search took I had worked out that I could cut off the 10mm chain wheel from its centre and remove a centre from a Laurence Simpson gypsy to attach to the old centre, but it’s quite a bit of work to save an old windlass.
Hope someone has one for you.
CB