Checks For Your Boat Rigging

Checks For Your Boat Rigging

Checking and maintenance of a boats rig is probably in most boat owner’s minds, but how often do we actually get around to performing those important checks. It can be...

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Thread And Bolt Selection

Thread And Bolt Selection

At Boat Fittings we stock a wide variety of threaded fasteners.  All of our threaded fasteners are standard metric (which means the metric coarse thread).  In general when you buy...

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Types Of Stainless Steel A2 vs A4 or 304 vs 316

Types Of Stainless Steel A2 vs A4 or 304 vs 316

At Boat Fittings the vast majority of our stainless steel fasteners (nuts, bolts and washers) as well as our shackles, cleats hinges and deck fittings are 316 (sometimes called A4) and more...

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Is Stainless Steel Brittle?

Is Stainless Steel Brittle?

We are often asked the question “Is stainless steel brittle?”  Particularly when components are cast (and many of us have had experience of cast aluminium components breaking given the slightest...

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Design & Manufacture Of Bespoke Stainless Steel Gang Plank Brackets

Design & Manufacture Of Bespoke Stainless Steel...

We are pleased to share this example of a project we undertook to replace some hardware on a much-cherished gang-plank. Our customer had a gang-plank which had served them well...

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What Sized Anchor Do I Need?

What Sized Anchor Do I Need?

There are many types and styles of anchor available today, and over recent years a number of iterations and developments have taken place to optimise anchor holding capacity for a...

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