Ronstan Sailing Parts & Accessories
Ronstan Sailing Parts & Accessories: Precision Hardware Built for the Water
Ronstan has been engineering high-performance sailboat hardware since 1953, when founders Ron Allatt and Stan Lenepveu established the company in Melbourne, Australia with a passion for quality marine craftsmanship. Today, after more than seven decades of continuous development, Ronstan has grown into a globally recognized name trusted by everyone from weekend dinghy sailors to Volvo Ocean Race teams and Vendée Globe challengers. Their sailing parts and accessories reflect that same competitive pedigree — designed to perform when conditions get tough and reliability is non-negotiable.
What Sets Ronstan Apart in Sailing Hardware
Ronstan’s approach to sailing parts and accessories is defined by engineering depth and product breadth. With over 2,000 products developed for all types of sailing, the brand covers the full spectrum from small dinghies to maxi yachts. Every component is designed around minimizing friction, reducing weight, and maximizing control — principles that translate directly into better sail trim and faster sailing.
Among Ronstan’s most recognized product lines are their Orbit ball-bearing blocks, which feature a 2-stage ball bearing system for low friction and high load performance, with configuration options to suit everything from catamarans and sportsboats to offshore keelboats. The Core Blocks™ line extends this technology to larger vessels with an efficient 2-stage bearing system engineered for both high dynamic and static load capacity. For dinghy sailors, the Series 15, 20, and 30 sports blocks bring lighter-weight solutions to higher-load applications without sacrificing durability.
Ronstan’s Triggersnaps™ snap shackles are another standout innovation — designed for quick, intuitive one-handed operation for both attachment and release, and each unit is individually proof-load tested and stamped with a production code for full traceability. This kind of quality control sets Ronstan apart in a category where hardware failure is not an option.
A Complete Range of Sailing Accessories
Beyond blocks and shackles, Ronstan’s sailing accessories catalog spans track-and-traveller systems (including Series 19 C-Track, Series 25 and 32 T-Track, and ball-bearing traveller systems), furling systems for both dinghies and cruising yachts, sail slides, sail hanks, spinnaker pole ends, trapeze hardware, and a comprehensive line of sailmaker hardware including plastic sail slides and hanks in a wide variety of shapes and sizes to fit various mast and boom profiles. For riggers and do-it-yourself sailors, Ronstan also offers splicing kits — from the Dinghy Specialist kit for lines up to 5mm all the way up to the PRO Splicing Kit, which includes Dyneema® whipping twine and a ceramic rigger’s knife designed to cut technical fibres like Dyneema® and Vectran®.
Trusted from Club Racing to Offshore Campaigns
Ronstan sailing parts and accessories are used at every level of the sport — from class-legal ILCA® vang units thoroughly tested by leading Olympic-class sailors, to deck hardware aboard the world’s most demanding offshore racing yachts. That versatility, combined with decades of engineering refinement and a commitment to traceability and quality assurance, makes Ronstan a go-to source for sailors who expect their hardware to work every time, in every condition.