Lewmar has appointed Aquafax, one of the UK’s leading marine distributors, to represent the company in the UK. A family owned company, Aquafax was established in 1982 and represents many leading marine brands in the UK.

This year at METS Lewmar will be giving the trade a glimpse at what it sees as a future trend in hatch and portlight design. Here it outlines its prototype for flush hatches and portlights for use on curved deck surfaces.

Legendary quality combined with state of the art technology ensures Lewmar’s new EVO winch range is the most advanced yet.

On the first anniversary of his appointment as CEO of Lewmar, Peter Tierney’s epic restructuring and returning to profit of this ailing giant shows the canny Scotsman has an appetite for a fight.

Lewmar launches its new heavy lift Lloyd’s Approved V10 and V12 windlass range at METS this November. Designed for true super yacht appeal, the deck units are constructed from 316 stainless steel, with drums featuring Lewmar’s W.A.R.P (Wear and Abrasion Resistant Pattern).

Boat styling right now is focused on an uncluttered angular look. For portlights this means very tight radiuses and sharp corners.

Lewmar launched its original flush hatch four years ago. Boat builders really seized the styling options this offered and made recesses when tooling new decks to receive the hatch.

GUILFORD, Conn. (September 11, 2008)- Navtec Performance Rigging, a division of Lewmar Marine, will feature on over half of this year’s Vendee Globe fleet. Starting in Les Sable s d’Olonne, France in November 2008, the Vendee Globe is considered by many in the sailing community to be the toughest race to compete in and finish. The Vendee Globe is the ultimate challenge in the IMOCA Ocean Racing World Championship schedule. Sailors single-handedly compete on their Open 60 yachts in a non-stop race around the world. The Open 60s are regarded as one of the most extreme boats in sailing. These boats are built with lightweight fibers to maximize speed, yet are strong enough to endure the harsh conditions that the world’s oceans will undoubtedly present them.

HAVANT, U.K.- Work on surface coating technology and specialised custom winch finishes has been extensively on trial at Lewmar over the last 12-months resulting in the use of ceramics coating to optimise drum grip.

This year in the TP52 fleet both Artemis and Rusal Synergy (ex USA-17) feature Lewmar’s ceramic-coated winches, which created quite a stir when they were first seen dockside at the first Audi Med Cup event in Alicante, Spain.

HAVANT, U.K.- Lewmar has introduced a Flush Portlight in response to designers desire to minimize the visual impact of portlights on boats. There has been an increasing trend toward sleek deck styling, which Lewmar was early to respond to with its original Flush Hatch design in 2006.

HAVANT, U.K.- World leader in marine equipment, Lewmar is launching the Integra Drive. A compact and robust autopilot drive motor, the Integra Drive was developed to integrate with rack and pinion, chain and wire and mechanical gearbox steering systems. This unique drive unit is the only autopilot drive motor that can be installed inside the Lewmar Integra Cobra and Mamba pedestals. Installation is quick and easy, as Lewmar has eliminated the need for labour intensive mounting platforms or structures.

HAVANT, U.K.- The world's premier leisure marine equipment supplier, Lewmar will be introducing a new range of Deck Switches for Anchor Windlass in ‘08.

The new Windlass Switch will be a deck-mounted control to operate any of Lewmar's extensive line of anchor windlass. The elegant low profile design is easily installed and the direction arrow can be set in one of four positions.

HAVANT, U.K.- The world's premier leisure marine equipment supplier, Lewmar will be introducing a new lightweight, yet durable composite windlass in ‘08.

The Lewmar V-Sport Windlass is designed for boaters who want all the features that come standard with a V1 windlass in a lighter, more affordable package.

HAVANT, U.K. - World leader in marine equipment, Lewmar has introduced a new winch handle into the market, the LiteTouch Winch Handle. The LiteTouch features a lightweight composite shank, with the PowerGrip handle and pin activated locking mechanism, making the LiteTouch one of the lightest and easiest to operate winch handle ever.