Running Rigging Supplier for New Benteau Boats
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jssailem
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- Oct 22, 2014
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Your boat is not like your car. The manufacture buys running rigging from a rope supplier. You could contact the manufacturer in France and ask them who the supplier is. It would be like calling up Puegot and asking where they buy their wiper blades.
Or you could contact one of the world recognized line manufactures and order direct skipping the middle man.
Then you could do like millions of sail boat owners before you and contact a local chandler and buy all the line you desire at favorable rates.
For sheets:
You might also consider just shopping right here on SBO. You purchase helps keep this forum operating. A nice fellow like @Dave Groshong might even help
Or you could contact one of the world recognized line manufactures and order direct skipping the middle man.
Then you could do like millions of sail boat owners before you and contact a local chandler and buy all the line you desire at favorable rates.
For sheets:
- Samson, Samson Rope - Marine, Commercial, Utility Rope and More
- Yale Cordage, Double Braid Rope | Yale Cordage
- New England Ropes, www.neropes.com
You might also consider just shopping right here on SBO. You purchase helps keep this forum operating. A nice fellow like @Dave Groshong might even help
Actually, it is exactly like your car since automotive manufacturers make very few of the component with most being manufactured by companies like Valeo and so on with the option to either procure the original OEM supplier part or third party alternative when you want to replace something. Beneteau lets you procure some of the OEM sheets such as the jib sheets they just don't let you procure all the different running rigging used.
I'm aware of all the US rope manufacturers, I was just curious if anybody knows the supplier that Beneteau uses for their sheets (I assume they are French) since I like the color and quality of the sheets and other running rigging shipped with the boat. It's reasonably to ask the question as all of us have different preferences.
I'm aware of all the US rope manufacturers, I was just curious if anybody knows the supplier that Beneteau uses for their sheets (I assume they are French) since I like the color and quality of the sheets and other running rigging shipped with the boat. It's reasonably to ask the question as all of us have different preferences.
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I like the original lines as well and have not been able to find any similar in the US. We're still the original main sheet of our '98...
Researching online I think they might get the rope from Lancelin or Cousin Trestec. The Lancelin crusing Punch line of sheets looks a lot like what shipped with the boat