Guard rail rollers

[Spyro]

What do call the rollers I've seen on guard rails I think they are supposed to help a fore sail get over the guard rail but I thought they would be handy for helping get the dinghy onto the foredeck. Anyone got a link to somewhere selling them?

 

[MoodySabre]

Here you go.

A length of shroud cover might do the job too.

 

[awol]

I use a length of waste-pipe over the midships guardrail mostly to ease the clew of the genoa over the rail but it also acts as a roller to heave the dinghy onto the coachroof for deflation. A tad cheaper than £16 for two wee wheels.

 

[Spyro]

I use a length of waste-pipe over the midships guardrail mostly to ease the clew of the genoa over the rail but it also acts as a roller to heave the dinghy onto the coachroof for deflation. A tad cheaper than £16 for two wee wheels.

You're right £16 for 2 little plastic wheels is a complete rip off. Probably churned out in a factory in China at a fraction of that price.
Thanks for the link MoodySabre.

 

[Noahsdad]

Blimey, was thinking about these (nylon rollers) just the other day. Now i've seen the price and i'd want 4, think i'll get the hole saw out, cut a few discs, sand them smooth and see if they are any good!
Like the pipe tip though!

 

[Spyro]

Blimey, was thinking about these (nylon rollers) just the other day. Now i've seen the price and i'd want 4, think i'll get the hole saw out, cut a few discs, sand them smooth and see if they are any good!
Like the pipe tip though!

Bit more complicated, I need something I can retro fit without removing the ends of the wires. So something that snaps together is required.

 

[Noahsdad]

Have a look at, Holt Rondo sail wheel almost half the price http://www.force4.co.uk/4615/Holt-Rondo-Sail-Wheel.html
At £4.50 each may indulge!

 

[Spyro]

Have a look at, Holt Rondo sail wheel almost half the price http://www.force4.co.uk/4615/Holt-Rondo-Sail-Wheel.html
At £4.50 each may indulge!

That's more like it. Thanks

 

[wonkywinch]

Have a look at, Holt Rondo sail wheel almost half the price http://www.force4.co.uk/4615/Holt-Rondo-Sail-Wheel.html
At £4.50 each may indulge!

Decided I needed some of these after the genoa caught up a couple of times today.

Not bad, same price more than a decade later.

Force 4 Rondo Sail Wheel | Force 4 Chandlery

 

[Roberto]

A net/swimming pool floater works very well

 

[awol]

I think I'm on 2nd lengths of pipe since this thread started.