Padding & Accessories

All the material to realize your seamanship is here !

Whether you want to make knots, splices, cut the garcette for a multi-use on the boat, the section Seamanship and rope accessories is perfect to equip you. Indeed, between rope cutter, mooring line guard, pack of needles, telescopic handle, or even stainless steel mooring hookif you need tools to accompany your rope during your navigation or at the quay, you will undoubtedly find your happiness on Nautisports. com, number 1 of the rope online. Thus, you will have understood, within this category of products are gathered all the peripheral accessories to your rope kit.

From rope accessory to sailor's knot

Discover all the accessories likely to help you in your routine of sailor. When you replace your rope, you can make real garcettes out of this used boat end, i. e. cut it into small lengths to attach your sail, your keys etc... Once your rope is modified or not, you can finally make your sailor's knots. We are talking about the 5 essential knots that a sailor must know. The first one, the figure eight knot, is useful to finalize the installation of a sheet, a halyard, a reefing line... Thanks to this knot, your rope remains immobile, cannot come out of the block, the sheave, the stopper or even the jammer. The second knot is the famous bowline knot which is the most used in its category. It is used to tie up sails, thanks to the loop it forms, but also to fix sails etc... Next comes the capstan knot, ideal for attaching your fender or any other object that needs to be hung on your boat. Last but not least, remember the cleat knot, more commonly known as the "cleat turn", which allows you to attach a mooring line, a sheet... Finally, if you must know only one sailor's knot, the knot known as the "death knot and two half keys" is the foundation of your marine culture. Although it's not the most aesthetically pleasing knot, it's in the category of knots that allow you to do simple things like tie up or attach a fender. However, if you want to learn more about how to tie these knots, you can also watch video tutorials available online. These navigation basics are essential for a sailor on a sailboat, fishing boat, other types of recreational boats, and even a commercial boat.

Hang your sail, attach your fender... or create your own!

Thanks to the stainless steel splices you can create an eye on your ropes. From overlocking thread through the sewing threadIn this category, you will find all the products you need to repair or modify your rope. Indeed, if you wish to use your rope to attach your sail or to make splices on it, this seamanship equipment could be useful to you! In addition, if you feel that mooring to the pontoon is difficult when you are alone on board, you can take the Plastimo telescopic boat hook which makes it easier for you to do so. Moreover, to reinforce your mooring line you can add a Plastimo Galvanized Steel Spring on it. This will require you to know how to make marine knots in order to fix this boat equipment as well as possible. On the other hand, if you are going to do the Vendée Globe for example, it is necessary to have all the appropriate tools to make splices, modify the rope, and also to be able to repair or reinforce your sail, pulleys etc... Finally, if you are creative and wish to show the sailor in you in all circumstances, you can also cut your ropes to make creative art objects such as bracelets, key rings, decorative strings etc...