Cruising Accessories
These are the useful things which, although not essential, add to your cruising pleasure
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Mooring Hook
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'Paper clip' - with ring - Bent bar  

Mooring hooks save so much time when mooring up when steel piling is available.

The simplest consists of a heavyweight bent bar. The alternative is  a welded 'Paper Clip'. This is also available with an added ring to tie to.

Mooring Pin
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This is a 'must have' for every boat. We have three styles, all equally effective for holding your boat on its mooring.

Windlass (or Lock Key)
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A windlass is the tool you need to open and close the paddles on locks to get up or down the canal. There are a number of alternatives, which vary according to weight, price and ease of use. All our windlasses are British made quality products which will last you years (if you don't drop them in the canal!).
The standard windlass is, as it says, the standard tool. The long standard makes it easier to wind stiff paddles, but can sometimes be too long to be able to turn all the way round. The handle windlass has a rotating plastic handle which makes it kinder to your hands. The aluminium windlass is much easier to carry and after a flight of locks you would be glad you chose it! Being a much smoother surface, it doesn't need a rotating handle for comfort. The chrome windlass looks good and stays bright when the standard one goes dul or rusty.

Double length Windlass
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This is the 'Jack of all trades' windlass. It can be used as a standard length windlass or a long one, according to the circumstances. Only available in blue painted finish.

BW Watermate Key
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This is the key which lets you in to all the British Waterways facilities and allows you to open locked lift and swing bridges.

No boater should travel the canals without one.

Anti-vandal Handcuff key
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In areas where there is a vandal problem, some lock paddles are disabled by a simple lock mechanism which can only be freed by use of an anti-vandal key.

Pump-out/Diesel/Water Filler Key
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This multi-purpose key is very useful for opening all the caps fitted to your boat. The centre hexagon is used to open pump-out and rinse-out caps, whilst the side arm is used to open slotted caps such as diesel and water tank caps.

Gas Spanner
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If you have propane gas cylinders on board, you really need one of these to connect up the cylinders.

These solid cast spanners are not to be confused withy flimsy pressed steel ones.