Has anyone experience of Quic Kutter rope cutters

[Bandit]

I was looking at a set of these for my boat does anyone have any experience of these?

An interesting video.

http://www.h4marine.com/QuicKutter01.htm

 

[tetleys]

had them fitted to my last boat and they did an excellent job cutting the lines of a couple of badly marked pots. The company are very helpful and give good advice over the fitting as you will need a local engineering company to fabricate a bespoke part to enable fitting.

cheers
tetleys

 

[OAF]

I have this type fitted http://www.ropestripper.com/strippers.php and it does what it says on the tin, so to speak, they are superb, recently a 14mm length of rope went around one of my props and it came out in several chopped up bits, it would have been a diver otherwise!

 

[Bandit]

Thanks Tetleys did you have rope cutters before and did you experience any speed change ?

Thanks Oaf I have Stripper cutters now which are well worn, I have always been concerned about the interference of Stripper or Spurs cutters and a reputed speed drop, I have been told 1 to 1.5 knot ? I have not run this boat without cutters.

What interests me is the simple design and what look like a low drag of the quic cutter?

 

[Powersalt]

HI Bandit,
I had my rope cutters fitted by DK Marine in jersey. Pretty hefty bill for the installation but was promised no loss of performance and thats exactly true. I havent lost a knot of speed which cant be said for all others I believe.
Go for it they are good

 

[tetleys]

same for me, no loss of power and a very simple but effectice design. Not the cheapest but hey the finer things in life never are.

 

[Neil_Y]

In Guernsey you can always talk to Aqua Star, they've used them for a few years now.