Running Rigging - resources for cruising sailors

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Solimar blocks for classic yachts

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Manufacturer Solimar blocks for classic yachts

Blocks in wood and aluminum bronze for traditional yachts and in tufnol, bronze and stainless steel for classic boats

[Solimar s.r.l, Forlì, Italy]
- The Solimar classic blocks
- Worldwide Solimar agents

Viadana traveler and other systems

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Manufacturer Viadana traveler and other systems

Wide range of traveler hardware, including tracks, sliding fittings, some with ball bearings. Also shackles, U-bolts, Designs primarily for smaller boats.

[Viadana, Bellano, Italy]
- The Viadana rigging hardware

HotBlade

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Manufacturer

A miniature hand torch for cutting and trimming line, heating rusted fittings, applying shrink tubing, or soldering. Contains its own heat plate so the heat will not hurt the working surface.

[Zarcor, Addison, TX, USA]
- The HotBlade torch

Hoyt Jib Boom

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Manufacturer

A self-vanging jibboom that automatically maintains the correct draft and leech tension in your non-overlapping headsail as you change from beat to reach to run.

[Forespar Products Corporation, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, USA]
- The Hoyt Jib Boom
- Worldwide agents

Handi-Hangers

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Manufacturer

Polycarbonate hardware for holding rope coils. Mounts on mast or other flat surface, also on rails.

[Nautical Fishwife, Columbia, MO, USA]
- Handi-Hangers for stowing line

Ronstan rigging hardware

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Manufacturer Ronstan rigging hardware

Extensive line of running and standing rigging hardware, primarily for smaller racing boats.

[Ronstan International Pty Ltd., Sandringham, VIC, Australia]
- Ronstan rigging products

Pad eyes, screw eyes, strap eyes, snap hooks, shackles, swivels, flag pole sockets, antenna mounts, pelican hooks, forestay levers, slides and track for genoa and spinnaker pole, and other deck hardware.

[ABI / Precision Lighting, Petaluma, CA, USA]
- See the ABI deck hardware
- N. American dealers

Titan titanium marine hardware

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Manufacturer Titan titanium marine hardware

Shackles, swivels, snap hooks, pad eyes and more all made from titanium, 40% stronger than stainless, with no measurable corrosion.

[Titan Marine, Oxnard, CA, USA]
- The titanium hardware

Rolling Bails

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Manufacturer

A shackle with a swivel for the mainsheet and a matching flat aluminum bail for the boom attachment eliminates the noise and wear that normal shackle-to-bail connections have.

[Seoladair Ltd., LaGrange, IL, USA]
- The Rolling Bails