About Holt Marine

Dinghy deck hardware since 1945.

1945

Founded by Jack Holt and Beecher Moore

40+

Dinghies designed by Jack Holt

4,500+

Individual products in our range

70+

Countries with Holt customers

1945

Where it all began

Holt has been at the forefront of dinghy deck hardware since 1945, when the company was founded by Jack Holt and Beecher Moore.

40+

Jack Holt's dinghy designs

Jack Holt's pioneering plywood dinghy designs did much to popularise sailing in the years straight after the Second World War. He designed more than 40 boats.

Including

  • Cadet
  • Enterprise
  • GP14
  • Hornet
  • Merlin Rocket
  • Mirror
  • Solo

1956

Holt-Allen

In 1956, Jack, Beecher and Tony Allen began producing the well-known Holt-Allen brand, which they went on to make for the next 50 years.

1980s

Leading the company

  1. 1980sJohn Holt, Jack's son, took over the running of the company.
  2. 1990s – 2010Chadwick Beecher-Moore, Beecher's son, led Holt.
  3. 2010 – todayPeter Marchant has led the company since then.

1990s

A wider range

In the 1990s, Holt bought Marine Pre-Packs, a self-selection chandlery range covering everything from fastenings, tools and electrical items through to sailmakers' hardware.

Holt also took on distribution of Clamcleats and PSP Tapes, two long-established and highly regarded British manufacturers.

  • Marine Pre-Packs
  • Clamcleats
  • PSP Tapes

2007

Holt and Nautos

In 2007, Holt joined forces with Brazilian deck hardware company Nautos to bring the two ranges together. Holt and Nautos now supply hardware packages for everything from Optimists up to 100ft yachts, from blocks to winches. Both companies keep driving innovation through product development.

Today

Holt Marine today

Today, Holt Marine is a wide-ranging distributor of quality marine hardware with a truly global reach. We either manufacture or distribute the following ranges:

We proudly have customers in over 70 countries worldwide.

Where we are

Based in Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex

We sell our products through a network of stockists. We don't sell direct to the general public.

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