But I inspected the Gipsy and the teeth look good as new. Seeing as the gipsy is composite plastic, I thought that surely it must be worn teeth.
When it gets to the chain, it grabs the chain just fine, but the rope slips in the gipsey and I have to send up a buddy to pull it in by hand until we reach chain. Simpson Lawrence Horizon 500 Parts Home Simpson Lawrence Horizon 500 Parts Simpson Lawrence Menu Simpson Lawrence Home Identify Your Windlass Owners Manuals Order Windlass Parts Some Horizon 500s were supplied with Chromed Bronze (shiny metal) gypsies, others were supplied with hard plastic gypsies. I also replaced the Gipsy on the windlass which is the rotating piece that actually grabs the rope/chain and drops it into my anchor locker.įor about 4 months, the new rode has been working quite well - but the last two fishing trips the Windlass is not able to pull in the rope when there is even a little tension on the line. 300 feet of 1/2' three-strand polyester rope. Awhile back I rigged up a new anchor rode which consists of 30 feet of 1/4' high test chain and aprox. I have a Horizon 500 (Lewmar) horizontal windlass on my 28 Bertram.
