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Simple tool for tightening or opening shackles. Fits the hand, gives firm leverage, and can be held on a lanyard or velcroed to the mast.
[ShackleDog, USA]
Bronze boathooks, cleats, deck fillers, chocks and fairleads, flagstaff sockets, sheet leads and track and other gear. Site contains lots of good articles about boats, particularly traditional rigs.
[Classic Marine, Woodbridge, Suffolk, the UK]
A true marine chandlery, in business since 1975, willing to track down the most hard-to-find parts. Includes a full-service custom rigging shop to do swaging, splicing, and leather work.
[Ship's Store and Rigging, Portsmouth, RI, USA]
Surveys, sells, installs, and repairs running rigging on cruising boats. Also does standing rigging, and steering, electrical and electronic systems.
[North East Rigging Systems, LLC, Needham, MA, USA]
Makes a wrap from a special silicone compound which adheres to itself when wrapped under tension. The result withstands salt water, UV, acids, fuels, temperature extremes, and other marine hazards. Useful for rope, chain, tools, electrical connections, rigging, plumbing and more.
[Vypar Products, St. Louis, MO, USA]
Flat-mounted UV-protected removable bags for stowing sheet tails out from underfoot.
[Interfield Sports B.V., Katwijk, the Netherlands]
Bag attaches to mast to hold tails of halyards and reefing lines. Four sizes.
[Interfield Sports B.V., Katwijk, the Netherlands]
From the company that refits tall ships, here are some bronze or stainless steel belaying pins.
[Lunenburg Industrial Foundry & Engineering, Lunenburg, Canada]
A full-service rigging loft conducts workshops for professionals and yachtsmen on rigging, splicing, knots, jury rigging, tuning, and other related subjects.
[Brion Toss Yacht Riggers, Port Townsend, WA, USA]
Extensive list with good search facility. Covers just about any cruising topic. Tree and branch format for threads.
[The Sailing Company, Middletown, RI, USA]
Cleats, Clutches and other hardware
When nylon experiences rapid loading . . . it generates substantial amounts of internal heat, which can decrease its strength dramatically.
Evans Starzinger
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