Visit to The Chandlery in Ottawa

Today was an errand day which means a drive into town, and one of the errands was to visit the local ships chandler to find some type of hardware that could best be used to tie painters (lines) to the bow and stern of the kayak. We found Pad eyes as pictured here that seemed quite suitable, made of Stainless steel. Bill of sale is also added for interest.

In the Ottawa area I only know of one marine hardware supplier called The Chandlery. Although a chandler is really a merchant of any type of hardware or supplies, in our culture it seems to have migrated to mean specifically a supplier of all things to do with boats, from hardware parts, pulleys, shackles to marine toilets, paddles, life vests, what have you. Indeed there are peculiar parts that one can get there and not anywhere else.