About us
Onboard Systems Ltd. is a New Zealand based company with over 25 years' experience in hydraulic design and manufacture.
We specialise in custom-made rope-handling systems for superyachts including captive and deck winches.
We work closely with naval architects and shipyards to ensure each winch will meet the design and performance criteria specified. Constant analysis and research ensures our products remain the preferred choice for our clients. We were one of the pioneers of carbon fibre winch drums. Not only do we make our winches strong, light and reliable, we make them easy for crew to maintain and service. All consumable and regular service parts are stock items commonly available from engineering or electrical suppliers around the Globe.
We welcome inquiries from naval architects, sail-handling system designers, shipyards, refitters and superyacht owners who demand the best.
We specialise in custom-made rope-handling systems for superyachts including captive and deck winches.
We work closely with naval architects and shipyards to ensure each winch will meet the design and performance criteria specified. Constant analysis and research ensures our products remain the preferred choice for our clients. We were one of the pioneers of carbon fibre winch drums. Not only do we make our winches strong, light and reliable, we make them easy for crew to maintain and service. All consumable and regular service parts are stock items commonly available from engineering or electrical suppliers around the Globe.
We welcome inquiries from naval architects, sail-handling system designers, shipyards, refitters and superyacht owners who demand the best.
Our work
Due to client confidentiality we can't tell you about all our current projects, but here are a couple of yachts that do use our winches.
Ahimsa (formerly Aglaia)
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This 66m sloop was designed by Dubois and built by Vitters Shipyard in Holland.
Launched in 2011, her massive 83 metre carbon fibre mast was, at the time, the largest ever produced by Southern Spars. The owner's requirement was that she should be as easy to sail as a dinghy. Onboard Systems Ltd designed and manufactured the sail handling winches to achieve the required parameters of sail hoisting in under two minutes and tacking in less than thirty seconds. Click the image for a video. |
Zefira
Please contact us if you would like a list of other yachts with Onboard Systems winches.
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Zefira is a 49.7m fast cruising sloop designed by Dubois naval architects and built by Fitzroy Yachts in Taranaki, New Zealand in 2010.
She won the 45 metre plus Sailing Yacht and the supreme Sailing Yacht of the Year award at the World Superyacht Awards in 2011. Onboard Systems designed and manufactured all the captive hydraulic winches for this project. |