NEW GEAR
BOATS & EQUIPMENT
NEW GEAR
BOATS & EQUIPMENT
Better deck fi llers
Prices From £28
Contact Allspars
Tel 01752 266766
Web http://www.allspars.co.ukDeck hardware maker
Rutgerson has just released a
new range of
85mm deck
fi llers and
a 132mm-
diameter
wide-mouth
model. Not the
most exciting news, you may
think, but these are a bit
cleverer than usual. For a start,
they have a plastic retaining
link to stop you losing the cap,
but more interestingly, when
one breaks, it can be easily
replaced from on deck, without
the risk of dropping machine
screws into your water tank.
The body of the fi tting is
stainless steel, while the cap is
a composite material availablein different colours to help
distinguish between diesel,
water, waste and petrol. Rather
than unscrewing and over-
tightening each time, all the
fi llers (with exception of waste)
are undone with a 90° twist,
using a winch handle or key.Deck hardware maker
Rutgerson has just released amodel. Not the
most exciting news, you may in different colours to help76 http://www.yachtingmonthly.com APRIL 2016Salvare’s Seapod, a large round
infl atable safety raft with a
skirt-like frill – which gained
the nickname ‘safety ravioli’ in
the YM offi ce – has spawned a
smaller sibling, the Mini-pod.
It works on the same principle:
loops attached to the raft help
a casualty to pull themselves
out of the heat-sapping
water, delaying the onset of
hypothermia – think Kate
Winslet surviving on fl oating
wreckage in the fi lm Titanic,
while Leonardo DiCaprio sinks
without trace, same principle.Rugged
portable
speaker
Graham Snook checks out a wide range of
useful and interesting kit to get your boat
and crew sorted for the coming season
Price £393.60
Contact Salvare Worldwide
Tel 01420 565401
Web http://www.salvare.co.ukPrice £190
Contact Fugoo
Tel +1 877 435-7596
Web http://www.amazon.co.ukA one-
person
safety raft
The skirt helps the 1.4m raft
stick to the water so it doesn’t
blow away like a lilo and it’s
claimed to always infl ate the
right way up. Also, like the
Seapod it has SOLAS-approved
LED lighting to make it visible
at night, while in daylight it’s a
big, bright, yellow-and-orange
target to help rescuers locate
the casualty.NEW GEAR
Salvare’s Seapod, a large roundA one-
y raft
The skirt helps the 1.4m raft
stick to the water so it doesn’t
blow away like a lilo and it’ssmartphone. There are many
on the market, but few are
as suitable for sailors as this
one. It’s small (about 6 x 20 x
7cm), with a 40-hour battery
life, gives 360° of sound, and
it’s also completely waterproof
(rated IP67).
So if you want some cheerful
tunes when you’re on watch
alone in the rain, or if you’re
ashore for a beach barbecue,
it should serve you well. Throw
it in the dinghy, strap it to your
kayak, drop it, kick it, get it
wet – it’s called ‘tough’ for aFugoo Tough is a
portable Bluetooth
speaker for your
reason. It claims to be dust-
proof, mud-proof and capable
of withstanding a 10ft drop
onto concrete – not that you’ll
fi nd much of that on a yacht,
unless she’s ferro-cement. It’s
also available in a less mishap-
resistant casing for less clumsy,
more style-conscious buyers,
and there’s an XL version, too.Soft shackle toggles
These self-locking, adjustable T-toggles
come in three varieties. T-close K is a toggle
in a loop of Dyneema for making adjustable
‘soft shackles’. T-bat K is an easily adjustable
loop suitable for use on fenders. T-lazy K is
a smaller, sleeker version for use on lazyjack
mainsail systems.
T-close K is available with 2mm, 3mm,
5mm or 6mm line spliced in place. The black
cam-shaped wedge acts like a captive
dogbone, and the shackle can be
connected quickly with a variety of
different ways of looping it.
The loop of the T-bat can be
adjusted by sliding the toggle to
increase or decrease the size of
the loop, to make a fender hang
higher or lower.
The T-lazy K uses the same
principle as the T-bat for smaller-
diameter lines and lazyjack mainsail systems.Soft shackle toggles
These self-locking, adjustable T-toggles
come in three varieties. T-close K is a toggle
in a loop of Dyneema for making adjustable
‘soft shackles’. T-bat K is an easily adjustable
loop suitable for use on fenders. T-lazy K is
a smaller, sleeker version for use on lazyjackT-close K is available with 2mm, 3mm,
5mm or 6mm line spliced in place. The black
cam-shaped wedge acts like a captiveconnected quickly with a variety ofdiameter lines and lazyjack mainsail systems.Price 2x 5mm Dyneema T-close K:
about £24 (€31.50)
Contact Nodus Factory
Tel +33 2 97 41 99 25
Web http://www.nodusfactory.com