Discover the Wichard brand
The Wichard group, the specialist in stainless steel marine fittings
Wichard offers a wide range of stainless steel } products for sailors sailing mainly in sailboats and motorboats. Wichard products are forged in Thiers, France. The Wichard brand has been striving for many years to offer safety, performance and reliability to sailors. The mechanical strength of the marine hardware products and their resistance to corrosion have made the reputation of Wichard for several decades. Choose safety when purchasing sailor's knives, shackles, blocks, snap hooks and swivels.
The sailor's knife by Wichard
The brand has become known primarily for its expertise in creating sailor knives. The is the most popular model. It is a knife with a corrosion resistant stainless steel blade. The Wichard AquaTerra Knife has a non-serrated blade, which makes it very useful for water sports and other water sports activities.
In the same category, the is an excellent product with a stainless steel blade, which has a one-hand opening system. This Offshore Knife has a serrated blade that can effectively cut all types of ropes. The Wichard Offshore Knife is available in 2 versions: the knife with blade only and the knife with splicer blade. The splicer knife is an essential tool for sailing as it allows you to easily and quickly manage all the rope attachments on your boat.
Wichard solid shackles
Wichard is renowned for producing high quality stainless steel hardware. This know-how allows the brand to market solid and durable French products. The Wichard are part of these very resistant products offered by the brand. The shackle is an essential piece of equipment for navigation as it allows to attach many marine equipments between them. Wichard shackles provide strength, safety and reliability. You will find on our website a wide range of shackles for boats to better meet your needs and constraints (lifting shackle, boat shackle, stainless steel shackle, lyre shackle, lifting shackle, tool shackle, etc.)
The main models of the brand are the self-locking shackles, the quick shackles, the HR shackles, the titanium shackles and the textile shackles.
Wichard carabiners: marine hardware for your safety
Wichard shackles are available for multiple uses: for halyards and sheets, for anchoring and above all for the safety of sailors. They can be used for regattas, cruising and industrial navigation.
Two carabiners really stand out from the rest of the Wichard range. The first is the . This carabiner allows you to hoist the mainsail and its easy opening allows you to handle it with one hand. This stainless steel carabiner is very practical and is available in 3 different sizes.
The is a stainless steel carabiner that is ideal for transporting your nautical equipment or for attaching it to an anchor point. The working load and breaking load offered by this Wichard stainless steel carabiner is remarkable.
Which stainless steel to choose for its lifting shackles and carabiners?
On board a sailboat, it is important to choose the right fittings. The choice of the stainless steel grade used is essential to be able to anchor or attach the rope properly. Choosing correctly the type of stainless steel for your fittings will guarantee the longevity of your equipment and increase the safety on board your sailboat or motorboat.
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The Wichard brand offers 4 types of stainless steel: 316L stainless steel is often preferred for its excellent resistance to corrosion. It has a medium mechanical resistance. HR stainless steel (17.4 PH) offers a higher mechanical resistance than 316L, but a lower corrosion resistance. DUPLEX stainless steel is a new grade of stainless steel which offers the mechanical resistance of HR stainless steel and the corrosion resistance of 316L: a very complete product. Titanium fittings are often selected by sailors for their light weight and high corrosion resistance. Wichard stainless steel lifting shackles are available in 316L, HR stainless steel and titanium. Halyard snap shackles, load opening snap shackles and Speedlink quick release snap shackles are mainly available in HR stainless steel because of its mechanical resistance. Fireman's snap shackles and turnbuckles are made of 316L stainless steel for their high corrosion resistance. Wichard swivels are made of HR stainless steel. If your stainless steel fittings are to be used underwater, it is not recommended to use HR stainless steel parts. For this reason, anchor swivels are available in 316L stainless steel. To differentiate between 316L and HR stainless steel, you can use a magnet: HR stainless steel is magnetic unlike 316L. The
allows you to gybe your mainsail in complete safety. Easy to install, the Gyb'Easy also offers several adjustments to adapt to the wind strength. Gybing remains one of the most dangerous maneuvers in sailing, as it can cause material and physical damage. The Gyb'Easy boom frenulum allows to limit this type of risks. The Gyb'Easy Wichard uses a specific high elongation rope (called the Gyb'Flex) which passes through one or more brake holes. The passage of the boom is thus slowed down by the friction of the rope on the brake. The Gyb'Easy offers 3 different settings to adapt to the size of the mainsail and the sailing conditions. This product remains easy to use and within the reach of all sailors.
Gyb'Easy innovation: a new generation boom brake
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