Description

HARKEN Carbo Fiddle Pulley 57 mm with Shackle
Category: Boats and equipment
Subcategory: Fitting
Elevate your sailing performance and gain a significant mechanical advantage with the HARKEN Carbo Fiddle Pulley 57 mm with Shackle. This essential piece of deck hardware is meticulously engineered for sailors who demand precision, strength, and effortless control. Designed to handle significant loads with minimal friction, this pulley makes sail trimming smoother and more responsive, allowing you to fine-tune your rig for optimal speed and handling in any condition.
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. The advanced design ensures that every adjustment is fluid and immediate, reducing crew fatigue and enabling faster reactions to shifting winds. Whether you´re racing around the buoys or cruising offshore, this fiddle pulley provides the reliability and performance that Harken is known for worldwide.
Key Benefits and Main Features:
* Effortless Trimming: Experience exceptionally low friction under high loads, allowing for smooth and easy line handling. This pulley dramatically reduces the effort required to trim mainsheets, vangs, and other control lines, providing you with precise and immediate sail shape adjustments.
* Exceptional Strength-to-Weight Ratio: Built to be incredibly strong yet surprisingly lightweight, this Carbo pulley helps reduce overall rigging weight without compromising on safety or durability. Its high working load ensures it can manage the dynamic forces of performance sailing, providing peace of mind when the conditions get tough.
* Versatile Fiddle Configuration: The fiddle block design is perfect for creating powerful purchase systems, such as 4:1 or 5:1 tackles. This makes it an ideal choice for mainsheets on dinghies and small keelboats, powerful boom vangs, cunningham systems, and backstay adjusters where significant mechanical advantage is required.
* Secure and Reliable Attachment: Featuring a robust integrated shackle, this pulley ensures a strong and secure connection point to your boat´s rigging. The shackle design allows for versatile attachment options while maintaining ultimate reliability under load.
* Durable and Weather-Resistant: Engineered for the harsh marine environment, this pulley stands up to saltwater, UV exposure, and constant use. Its dependable construction guarantees long-lasting performance, season after season.
Pulleys
This 57 mm Carbo Fiddle Pulley is a cornerstone for any efficient rigging system, delivering the performance advantage needed to excel on the water. It is the perfect upgrade for sailors looking to improve their boat´s handling, responsiveness, and overall speed.
Technical Specifications:
– Sheave Ø (mm): 57 mm
– Sheave Ø (in): 2 1/4 in
– Length (mm): 153 mm
– Length (in): 6 in
– Weight (g): 105 g
– Weight (oz): 3.7 oz
– Shackle pin Ø (mm): 5 mm
– Shackle pin Ø (in): 3/16 in
– Maximum line Ø (mm): 10 mm
– Maximum line Ø (in): 3/8 in
– Maximum working load (kg): 359 kg
– Maximum working load (lb): 792 lb
– Breaking load (kg): 1080 kg
– Breaking load (lb): 2380 lb