stevie69p
Active member
I have a 30 foot yacht that I bought last year and it doesn't have a windlass fitted. I've put my back out again today hauling in the last 20 metres of chain and anchor, so have decided that I really could benefit from a windlass. I don't want an electric one though. I like to keep my boat as simple as possible. I have been researching the lofrans Royal which is a manual horizontal windlass with the option for an 8mm gypsy which would suit my chain. My only concern is that it looks to be a slow process to recover the chain. My last boat had a Simpson Lawrence Anchorman, which is a vertical windlass, and used a winch handle to operate which I found worked out ok. They aren't made any more though. Does anyone have experience of using the Lofrans, and is it ok or too slow? I have 50 metres of chain to recover.