Deck organisers

Humblebee said:
Hi all, I need to replace the deck organisers on my old Westerly, sheaves worn through and getting stiff to turn. There is a wide range of makes including Spinlock, Ronstan, Plastimo, Harken. Any recommendations please? Or any to avoid?
Cheers all,
Chris
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They are all premium brands. All I can say is that I have had two Spinlock four blocks on the deck for 21 years and still ok.
 
Humblebee said:
Hi all, I need to replace the deck organisers on my old Westerly, sheaves worn through and getting stiff to turn. There is a wide range of makes including Spinlock, Ronstan, Plastimo, Harken. Any recommendations please? Or any to avoid?
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The better ones have ball bearing sheaves to reduce friction. Maybe a feature worth looking for. I fitted a Harken organiser with ball bearing sheaves on my last boat.
 
When I acquired my Victoria 800 the Lewmar deck organisers had deeply worn sheaves so I replaced the Lewmar organisers with 4-hole Antal lowfriction organizers (alloy ).
They do the job with no moving parts!
 
Humblebee said:
Thanks for the feedback gents, I quite like the Spinlock ones as they are a British company. Boat is out of the water for the season so plenty of time to shop around!
Chris
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Don't overlook delivery time. Most of the boat stuff I've bought this year had a 2 month lead time so don't assume that when you make your decision you can then just go and buy something. Even if Spinlock do make their stuff in Cowes, do they have a reliable supply of aluminium? If they have access to aluminium do they have access to HGV drivers? Diesel? Decide as quickly as you can to allow time for delivery and fitting if you plan to sail next season.
 
Barton is missing from the list of possibilities. As part of a redesign of my lines i recently fitted new Barton organisers, clutches and blocks. Everything seems decent quality at a price that didn't break the bank.
 
lustyd said:
Don't overlook delivery time. Most of the boat stuff I've bought this year had a 2 month lead time so don't assume that when you make your decision you can then just go and buy something. Even if Spinlock do make their stuff in Cowes, do they have a reliable supply of aluminium? If they have access to aluminium do they have access to HGV drivers? Diesel? Decide as quickly as you can to allow time for delivery and fitting if you plan to sail next season.
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Marine Superstore have stock of all sizes - as do no doubt other suppliers
marinesuperstore.com/deck-hardware/organisers/spinlock-t38-organiser#availability
 
I used Spinlock T50 as they can be stacked. I have two stacked 3-sheave units on each side to provide for twelve lines running back to the cockpit in total.
 
PaulRainbow said:
Barton is missing from the list of possibilities. As part of a redesign of my lines i recently fitted new Barton organisers, clutches and blocks. Everything seems decent quality at a price that didn't break the bank.
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I looked at these as they are similar to the original 5 sheave Lewmar Ocean ones Im replacing but ended up going with Selden as these have ball bearings rather than plain bearings and the Lewmar ones were prone to seizing (stainless shaft, aluminium body, salt water...usual story). More expensive but appear well made and have the same 47mm hole centres as the Lewmar ones albeit with M6 rather than M8 fastenings which is a bit if a pain.

Unless I missed it I don't think Selden were mentioned although I agree that the Barton ones look decent value
 
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