Fair Wind Fasteners

06/16/2025

It's great to be located in beautiful Newport, Rhode Island where we can see the boats that Fair Wind Fasteners actually fastens racing around Narragansett Bay. This is the 12 metre Heritage putting on a show under the Newport Pell Bridge.

06/13/2025

We just added solid silicon bronze serrated hex fl**ge nuts to our shelves here at Fair Wind. Manufactured specially for us, you won't find these elsewhere. The "one-way" serration will lock these nuts on tight, preventing them from backing off and negating the need for a flat or lock washer.

05/27/2025

We love to see it! One of the best parts about supplying fasteners for boats is getting to see some of the absolute beauties that our fasteners help hold together.

05/22/2025

04/21/2025

Janice Wheeler is out there living her best wooden boat life, and with wooden boat life comes maintenance of course. Even while undertaking the painstaking process of replacing over 2000 fasteners she found the time to write up a mention of us and we couldn't be more pleased. I highly recommend checking out her blog for soem very well written musings on the wooden boat lifestyle.

Although You May Think Differently

02/12/2025

This 1954 Sparkman Stephens designed, Abeking & Rasmussen built yawl is getting replanked here in Rhode Island by one of our great customers, Baltic Boat Works. Her double planking is being re-fastened with #8 x 1-1/4" silicon bronze screws on the inner planking, and #16 x 2-1/2" silicon bronze on the outer planking.

We're in the middle of winter, and it's peak boat repair season. What kinds of jobs do you have going at the moment? Show us some photos!

02/11/2025

We're always adding to our lineup, and these #316 shoulder eye bolts are our latest to hit the shelves. If you want an elegant shoulder design that looks fit for a yacht but also want imperial threads, we're the only place to go!

02/11/2025

We just added a selection of 316 Stainless Steel Shoulder Eye Bolts to our ever expanding inventory of marine fasteners.

Check them out:
https://fairwindfasteners.com/products/316-stainless-shoulder-eye-bolt

02/06/2025

Ever wonder why some bronze and brass fasteners start to turn red or pink? It could be a bad sign for your fasteners and they might be due for replacement. We've published a guide explaining dezincification including what is happening to your bronze and how to prevent it. Check it out:

https://fairwindfasteners.com/blogs/news/why-does-bronze-turn-red-or-pink-the-dezincification-of-bronze-fasteners

01/09/2025

This is how they're re-planking the Pride of Baltimore. Fair Wind Fasteners 7/16" diameter lag bolts are securing the new planks and we're proud to play a small role in the maintenance of this classic working tall ship!

01/03/2025

You asked (repeatedly) and we can finally answer! Our new silicon bronze eye nuts are now available on the website.

Die cast instead of rough sand cast, polished to a fine finish, and made of a solid C65500 silicon bronze alloy, we're proud to finally present to you our newest fastener designed and manufactured exclusively for us here at Fair Wind Fasteners:

https://fairwindfasteners.com/products/silicon-bronze-eye-nuts

11/14/2024

Fresh from the drawing board! We’re thrilled to share a preview of our new, one-of-a-kind, solid silicon bronze eye nuts, designed by and exclusive to us at Fair Wind Fasteners.

The factory's samples just came in, and we're pleased to soon be able to add even more unique bronze fasteners to our ever growing lineup.