Rope cutters that work!

fisherman said:
Yerbut, I haven't had to replace the spurs bearing on this boat for many years, perhaps twice in twenty years/20,000 hours, but with a faster drive and/or a sandy environment it could be more than once a year.
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I found my bearings wore out in a year or two so 100 to 200 hrs running, when the bearings wear out the blades touch and they wear against each other and like scissors where the blades are not tight worn blades will jam or force apart and break. a new set of cutters say £500 a set of bearings say £10 so its safer and better to change bearings every year to be certain rather than replace a set of cutters.
 
Shall I reply? I'm clearly biased but I'm tempted to explain why we refused to take part in the video test, there is a quicKutter video on youtube that might help you understand the differences. My experience is not direct but comes from talking to the skippers/crew of Pilot boats, fishing boats, RNLI boats that have them fitted.

You at least know the options now so you can make your choice.

Most quicKutters are on commercial vessels so they aren't seen as often on leisure boats and hence aren't as well known, a few builders fit them at the factory though.

Fitting is more involved/expensive but there is virtually no maintenance.
 
I had a quicKcutter fitted on the basis of it being used by RNLI, and on feedback from a similar question to yours that I posted last year.

Hard to know if its working, but I think I had a pot marker earlier this season, and had no ill effects. The design should give minimal drag.
 
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