Description

HARKEN Becket Triple Carbo Block 57 mm: High-Strength, Low-Friction Pulleys for Performance Sailing
Elevate your boat´s performance and handling with the HARKEN Becket Triple Carbo Block 57 mm, a pinnacle of modern sailing hardware. As a crucial component in our Boats and equipment category, this piece of advanced Fitting is engineered for sailors who demand efficiency, reliability, and strength without the penalty of excess weight. Whether you are a competitive racer looking for that extra edge or a cruiser seeking easier and safer sail handling, this triple block is designed to optimize your rigging systems for maximum control and minimal effort. Its intelligent design provides significant mechanical advantage, making strenuous trimming tasks a thing of the past.
The true genius of this block lies in its ability to deliver superior performance across a wide range of applications. The integrated becket is a key feature, providing an essential attachment point to create powerful and efficient purchase systems. By dead-ending your line on the becket, you can easily create a 7:1 purchase, dramatically reducing the load on mainsheets, boom vangs, and backstay tensioners. This means smoother, more precise adjustments, even under the high loads experienced in heavy air, allowing for better sail shape and improved boat speed.
Key Benefits and Features:
* Effortless Trimming: Experience a new level of control with the ultra-low-friction design. The three 57 mm Carbo Pulleys spin freely under the highest loads, drastically reducing the effort required to trim sails and manage control lines. This allows for quicker responses and less fatigue during long tacks or maneuvers.
* Versatile Rigging Power: The combination of a triple sheave design and an integrated becket makes this block incredibly versatile. It is the ideal choice for building powerful, multi-purchase systems for mainsheets on mid-sized keelboats, robust boom vangs, or adjustable backstays, providing the power you need to shape your sails perfectly.
* Lightweight and Durable: Engineered for performance, this block provides immense strength in a compact, lightweight package. Reducing weight aloft improves your boat´s stability and performance in all conditions, while the robust construction ensures long-term reliability and safety on the water.
* High-Load Capacity: Don´t let its light weight fool you. This block is built to handle the significant stresses of performance sailing, boasting a very high maximum working load to ensure it operates safely and dependably when you need it most.
Low-friction Carbo Air blocks are lightweight, strong, reliable—and affordable.
Companions to the popular Harken Black Magic block line, these small, compact blocks have very high working loads for safe, easy trimming.
Technical Specifications:
– Sheave Ø (mm): 57 mm
– Length (mm): 142 mm
– Weight (g): 264 g
– Shackle pin Ø (mm): 6 mm
– Maximum line Ø (mm): 10 mm
– Maximum working load (kg): 1080 kg
– Breaking load (kg): 2270 kg