Deck Hardware – Page 5
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NewsCleaner and clutter free decks are required
Like other aspects of deck hardware products, Nemo is following the trend towards cleaner decks with its deck hatches and doors, writes Katina Read.
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NewsGreater strain is placed on blocks
Over the past ten years or so, huge improvements have been made to rope cores making lines stronger with less creep, writes Katina Read.
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NewsImprovements to product design and aesthetics
Throughout recent history, technology has driven not only improvements in materials but also product design and aesthetics, writes Katina Read.
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Italy is a growth area for Makefast
While the USA is still Makefast’s largest export market, the company says a growing area - despite the current Euro exchange rate - is Italy, where strong growth is being seen, writes Katina Read.
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Ranges are expanding for smaller boat use
With owners of smaller craft demanding the same ranges of powered equipment as previously only supplied to larger vessels, manufacturers are looking at ways to cater for this trend, expanding their ranges to make life easier for those on board who previously missed out on such luxuries.
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NewsBetter quality and higher performance required
The main factors that have influenced developments in deck hardware products over the last couple of years are that sailors require better quality, higher performance products, says Allen Brothers director Liz Adams.
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NewsRWO’s Mighty Stick is replaced
With designs and aesthetics constantly being adjusted and developed, RWO Marine Equipment has updated the design of two of its tiller extension ranges, the MSR-2 tiller and the carbon tiller extensions range.
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NewsTesting is carried out in the Florida sunshine
Vetus has been producing cowl ventilators for around 30 years but this year has launched a new range made of silicon rather than PVC which has been the traditional material for production sailing boats writes Katina Read.
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NewsMarket conditions stay flat
Despite market conditions remaining difficult in the marine industry, many manufacturers are using the opportunity this presents to expand and enter different markets, writes Katina Read
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NewsIt’s all in the style
While many companies are turning to the latest modern designs for their deck hatches and port lights using the most up to date technology, some are returning to classic, even retro designs, writes Katina Read.
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NewsWeight and strength are always important
With its high strength to weight ratio, carbon fibre has been used for many years in the marine industry, writes Katina Read.
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NewsPlaying for keeps
It’s simply not a level playing field – and the hardware isn’t always determined on the most appropriate fit: Stevie Knight talks to a couple of old hands about the issues...
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NewsWhich horse for what course?
However much it might seem easier just to get all the hardware from one manufacturer, each piece has its ''niche capability'' and you might be better off taking some time out to think about exactly what it is that’s needed.
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NewsSomething has to give
IIt seems you get a plateau for a while, then suddenly you get something like a drop in prices of high tech rope, which puts enormous strain on the existing hardware.
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NewsRevolution in the rigging
It can seem technology is opening up an ever-widening gap between race boats and modest cruising craft, but the racing world may still have something to give the rest of us, writes Stevie Knight.
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NewsPushing the envelope - in our direction
Sails are changing, writes Stevie Knight, and the trickle down of technology will have an impact even for novice sailors.
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NewsICOMIA produces first merged standard
ICOMIA’s Global Conformity Guidelines were designed to help boatbuilders to export overseas by bridging the transAtlantic gap between ABYC and ISO Standards, says communications manager Maria Anckarsvärd.
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NewsDeck Hardware products 2010
Plastimo’s maintenance free headsail reefing rangePlastimo has launched a range of maintenance-free jib reefing systems. Designed to suit both novice and experienced sailors, the Plastimo headsail reefing systems are ideal for cruising and racing yachtsmen alike. The five models are designed to fit boats between four and 13 ...
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NewsDeck hardware: hardware evolves
The UK’s leisure marine industry has evolved from the slightly grim ‘wet and cold weekends’ of two decades ago to a family lifestyle writes Stevie Knight - but this has impacted everything, including hardware.
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NewsDeck hardware: wonders by design
Phil Atfield of Atfield Technical Consultancy explains, one of the main things that has helped the deckware design process along is that manufacturers now have very sophisticated tools at their fingertips.
