Drainman Bilge Pump
If you’re frustrated by always having to bail rain water from your boat after you’ve left it unattended, the Drainman Bilge Pump might be what you’re looking for. Perfect for runabouts, rowboats, tenders, daysailers, canoes, and other small vessels, Drainman is a bilge pump that efficiently removes all water from your boat without using electricity. Attach it to the end of a mooring line, the Drainman is powered by your boat’s movements pulling on the mooring line due to wind, wakes, and waves. Drainman can silently drain up to 26 gallons of water per hour. The Drainman bilge pump can also be installed in your dinghy’s towing line when moored or anchored. Water is expelled through a 9.8 foot hose whose end is positioned at the lowest point of the boat. To ensure proper hose placement, a small weight can be attached to the included eye-bolt at the intake. A sieve incorporated into the eye-bolt prevents debris from entering the hose and is easily cleaned.
Price: $92.42 » www.unimer.se/en/marine/
Spinlock Venture Kit Bags
Let’s be honest, sailors can never have too many functional bags for everything from tools to foul weather gear and more. Accordingly, Spinlock has recently launched a range of three gear bags that are durable and functional, and come in a variety of practical sizes. You can carry everything you need in their 27-liter backpack, 55-liter cabin size, and 100-liter gear bag. The backpack is ideal for adventures ashore, and features a breathable mesh back panel, sternum strap, side mesh water bottle pocket, internal laptop sleeve, and more. The cabin size has removable backpack straps, a large carry handle on top and four side handles, an external essentials zipped pocket, and an internal large zipped mesh pocket. For longer stints ashore, the gear bag has a large carrying capacity, top and side handles, and an external zipped pocket. The full range is constructed out of heavy duty lightweight nylon ripstop fabrics.
Price: Starting at $99 » www.spinlock.co.uk
Barton Marine HB1 Continuous Line Furler
Being able to smoothly furl a headsail on a small boat is as handy as it is safe, and Barton Marine aims to make it even easier with their new HB1 Continuous Line Furler. Designed to provide optimum performance for dinghies and small yachts in even the most challenging conditions, the robust, lightweight and stylish Furler introduces innovative hybrid-bearing technology for the first time. The durable central shaft is manufactured from high-grade 316 stainless steel, and the sleek main chassis and fork from anodized 6061 aluminium, providing superior strength and durability. A combination of solid-state and Torlon ball bearings mean the furling wheel remains perfectly balanced and spins freely, even under the highest loads for maximum performance. Weighing just 175g, the feather-weight furler has an impressive safe working load and is suitable for 3/16-inch to ¼-inch furling line with toolless rope insertion making for easy installation with no parts lost on deck.
Price: $210.93 » www.bartonmarine.com
