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I met a Danish lady in a Yacht Club in Ireland. She had sailed her boat there. I asked her about her husband. “ He doesn’t like heavy...

Are you absolutely sure that this is a blockage rather than the seacock sticking closed. With some types of cocks, the actuating axle...

Ok that makes sense . I have looked again and realize that the gipsy is actually in two parts. A centre one made of bronze with the...

While waiting for a new drive pin (no6) to arrive, I have noticed something strange about the windlass As I used to understand it, the...

What you and the other posters seem to forget is that for starters the OP is located on the Medway. You mad as well have told him to...

You are absolutely right. Trust what your eyes see - not some electrical gismo.

I’ve cancelled my morning cycle ride because of the Met Office forecast of non stop rain. So far not a drop! Grrr - why are they...

I suggest Zeeland ie southern Holland. Ok it is a longish passage across but you could probably recruit some help to do it. Maybe go to...

Leroy Somer Windlass Repair - Jeanneau Owners Network

Part 9 is a rubber grommet /seal. Part 4 is indeed a s/s thrust washer, as I understand it to transfer torque from the gipsy to the...

I wish I had that diagram at the start of my journey of dismantling ! However it confirms that there is no bearing in part 17, the...

I can’t see that there could have an actual bearing there. All the debris was either salt or aluminum oxide. There is a sort of bearing...

Hi Roger I started by cleaning up the crud around the shaft and as I dug it out, I went deeper and deeper. Is seemed like caked salt...

This is the current problem. The passage of the shaft through the white casting is so blocked with salt and corrosion that it might be...