Lewmar Limited

Philip David Roberts

Nigel Christopher Smith

Sean Daniel Wilson

Oliver Falconer

Andrew Michael Matthews

Andrew Palmer

A gypsy is disclosed, adapted for mounting in a windlass for hauling and/or veering anchor rode. A chain-engagement region () of the gypsy comprises chain link pockets () sized and spaced around the chain-engagement region to engage with chain of the anchor rode. A line-engagement region () is provided, with an array of rope grip features () spaced around the line-engagement region. The chain-engagement region of the gypsy is formed from a polymeric material and the line-engagement region is formed from a metal material.

Gypsy for windlass and method for its manufacture

A line hauling device such as a windlass is disclosed for marine craft. The device has a support, a drum held on the support and rotatable with respect to the support, a motor for selectably driving rotation of the drum in a forward (hauling) direction and a reverse (paying out) direction, and a line laying mechanism for laying the line onto the drum. The drum is adapted to store the line on the drum. When operated in the forward direction, the line-laying mechanism lays the line onto the drum in a first series of turns. On completion of the first series of turns the line-laying mechanism lays the line in a second series of turns overlying the first series of turns. The line-laying mechanism includes a carriage which is driven reciprocally with respect to the drum by rotation of the drum.

Line hauling device

A thruster assembly is provided for a marine vessel, the assembly having a propeller unit (), a motor () and a drive shaft () linking the motor () with the propeller unit () to drive the propeller unit (). The drive shaft () is foldable and defines a drive path between the motor () and the propeller unit (). A housing () locates the propeller unit () in a storage configuration. The motor () is fixed with respect to the housing (), the housing () being adapted to be fixed with respect to an opening in a hull () of the marine vessel. An actuator () is operable to move the propeller unit () from the storage configuration to a deployment configuration in a direction from inboard to outboard, the propeller unit () being extended from the hull () for use in the deployment configuration. The propeller unit () is supported by a support assembly () which is pivotable relative to the housing () about a pivot axis (A).

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Fareham, United Kingdom

Philip David Roberts