Goijot roller furling

[revtc]

Has anyone ever used this make of roller of furling?
If so, what's your opinion of it?
I've only ever used the Plastimo stuff.
I'm thinking of purchasing a boat without roller furling, and as I sail solo mostly, am considering roller kit, but haven't heard of Goijot before.

 

[alahol2]

I think you mean Goiot, not that I can tell you anything about them.

 

[Hoolie]

Goiot is one of the main French manufacturers of boat bits. Our boat has hatches, wheel, windlass, genoa cars etc by Goiot. A reputable make, but I haven't come across their furling system

 

[Plevier]

Goiot is now part of Navimo i.e. Plastimo.
http://www.goiot.com/pdf/p46-47.pdf

 

[nimbusgb]

Goiot furling on a 1985 Benne Oceanis 390. The bearings in the bottom drum only lasted about 25 years before getting a bit tight.

They are ( or were ) a reputable manufacturer of boat bits.

 

[mudbank]

goiot furling gear

I have Goiot gear on my yacht dating back to 1980 or thereabouts. It is incredibly hard to operate, and like another post,I think the bearings are to blame.
Has anyone tried to replace them ? or know of any supplier?
Goiot were not much help: they say all spares for models earlier than 1991 have been discontinued.
With a 50ft luff its an expensive item to replace, and the foil and top bearing are fine.
'ELP

Mudbank

 

[BigART]

Goiot

Has anyone ever used this make of roller of furling?
If so, what's your opinion of it?
I've only ever used the Plastimo stuff.
I'm thinking of purchasing a boat without roller furling, and as I sail solo mostly, am considering roller kit, but haven't heard of Goijot before.

We have Goiot hatches, turning blocks and roller furling on our 25 year old steel boat. All solidly made from aluminium castings and work well. The roller furling gets a bit sticky with salt/dirt sometimes but it soon eases with a blast of aerosol lubricant to clean it out and freshen it up, about once every six months does the job, then everything runs smoothly again.

As for more modern stuff, regret I can't help there.

Hope that helps

Angus

 

[nimbusgb]

I have Goiot gear on my yacht dating back to 1980 or thereabouts. It is incredibly hard to operate, and like another post,I think the bearings are to blame.
Has anyone tried to replace them ? or know of any supplier?
Goiot were not much help: they say all spares for models earlier than 1991 have been discontinued.
With a 50ft luff its an expensive item to replace, and the foil and top bearing are fine.
'ELP

Mudbank

I stripped my old one down. The bearings are a plastic ball ( Delrin I think ), loose not caged, that run in a race. getting and keeping all the balls into place and stopping them from falling out when putting the unit back together was best achieved by sticking the balls in place with grease.

The balls were approximately 8 or 9mm diameter and there were about 20 of them.

Google Delrin ball bearings, some chandlers can source them - not cheap but worth a try to see if it frees up your system. I seem to recall being quoted about €30 for a pack of them.

The biggest challenge is removing and replacing the drum from the forestay. I slackened off the aft stays and used the spinny halyard, genoa halyard and the baby forestay to make sure the mast didn't come down. The drum effectively holds the foil up the forestay and when stripped off the forestay does its level best to disappear up the inside of the foil. Attach a strong thin cable through the lower forestay eye so that when you re-assemble you can pull the forestay back out of the foil ( actually you are pushing the foil back up the forestay )

On my 38' benne stripping and replacing took a couple of hours, putting the forestay back onto the fitting took 30 minutes but needed 3 big guys to manhandle the bits. Once we worked out who had to push, pull and poke about and where, it actually worked out quite well.

 

[mudbank]

goiot furling gear

Thanks, John.
That really is helpful. I will go down the road you suggest. Luckily I have an outer forestay (beyond the foil), so I can inc tension on that, and free up the foil without worry. Your experience invaluable-thanks again !

Victor sy Calypso Kekova -Turkey

 

[nimbusgb]

Just a further note ....

If you visit the goiot website at http://www.goiot.com/ and click on Technical support the section Eclatés : covers the furlers there are documents for 3 types there. Mine is the 'Former headsail furler 360 to 365' and it looks like the bottom bearings are listed as 8mm, 17 of them.