Shop Pad Eyes & U-Bolts
Pad eyes, U-bolts, and eye bolts create the fixed attachment points that blocks, tethers, and lines depend on. This collection focuses on forged 316L stainless fittings from Wichard, along with flush deck plates and high-load eyes from Barton Marine. You can find related fittings throughout our sailing hardware department.
What to Look for in Pad Eyes & U-Bolts
Check the working load first, then the thread size and leg length against the thickness of your deck and backing plate. Folding pad eyes lie flat when not in use, which keeps them from catching lines and toes on a busy deck. U-bolts spread the load through two legs, so they are a common choice for jackline anchors, sheet leads, and preventer points.
What This Category Covers
Here you will find folding and fixed pad eyes, round and square diamond pad eyes, watertight U-bolts, U-bolt pad eyes, eye straps, eye bolts, and metric and inch eye nuts. Many Wichard fittings include a counterplate and fasteners to back up the deck. Published working and breaking loads are listed on each product page.
Complete Your Pad Eyes & U-Bolts Setup
Most attachment points will carry a block or shackle, so browse our sailing blocks and shackles and hooks to finish the setup. Jackline kits and tethers in tethers and jacklines often clip to these same fittings. For general deck and mounting hardware, see mounting and rigging hardware.
Browse our complete selection of pad eyes & u-bolts at CritPro.