Barton Marine produce an excellent range of winches, snubber winches and winchers, manufactured in their own production facility in Whitstable UK.
Barton Nautilus winches are produced from a modern composite which is an excellent light weight, cost saving alternative to traditional aluminium alloy.
Nautilus Winch Facts and Features:
- Versatile alternative to alloy
- Significant cost and weight savings
- Truly low maintenance
- Virtually self-lubricating and friction-free
- Corrosion resistant
- Technologically advanced materials ensure consistent performance and reliability
- Three models available – a single-speed 8:1 and two twin-speeds; 16:1 and 23:1
- Suitable as primaries for yachts up to 10 metres LOA or as spinnaker/halyard winches on larger yachts
- Red, blue and green top rings included
- Colour-coding for simple crew recognition control
- Comprehensive spares kits available
Barton Snubber Winch Facts and Features:
- Identical operation to a winch, but without the winch handle
- Compact
- Lightweight
- Ideal for larger dinghies and dayboats
- Manufactured from glass fibre reinforced nylon with anodised aluminium ribs
Barton Wincher Facts and Features:
Barton Winchers offer a simple upgrade conversion for plain-top winches to make them self-tailing.
- Economical upgrade
- Simple to fit, instructions included
- Specially designed rubber moulding
- Converts plain top winches to self-tailing
- Available in 4 sizes
- Self Tailing Grip: When the line is sheeted under load, the coils climb up the winch drum and gather grip from the underside of the Wincher's rubber body
- Cleating: Lock the sheet by cleating it in the ribbed central groove