Description

HARKEN Carbo Fixed Pulley 40 mm | High-Performance Sailing Block
Elevate your sailing experience with the HARKEN Carbo Fixed Pulley 40 mm, an essential piece of high-performance fitting for any discerning sailor. Engineered for exceptional efficiency and reliability, this pulley is a cornerstone of the Boats and equipment category, designed to optimize your control systems and reduce friction, allowing for smoother and more responsive sail handling.
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 40 mm Carbo Fixed Pulley is the perfect upgrade for a wide range of applications on dinghies, keelboats, and catamarans where precision and minimal resistance are paramount. Its fixed head design ensures a straight and true line lead, preventing twists and maintaining optimal alignment in static applications like mast base blocks, lead car systems, or fixed turning points for control lines.
The core benefit of integrating these Pulleys into your setup is the immediate improvement in performance. You´ll find trimming your sails, whether it´s the mainsheet, vang, cunningham, or outhaul, becomes significantly easier, even under heavy load. This is achieved through a meticulously designed internal bearing system that works to minimize friction, translating more of your effort into sail adjustment and less into fighting the equipment. Its lightweight yet robust construction means you can add strength and efficiency to your boat without adding unnecessary weight, a critical factor for both racers and performance cruisers.
This pulley is an indispensable tool for upgrading:
* Mainsheet and traveler systems on small boats
* Vang cascades and purchase systems
* Halyard and control line leads
* Outhaul and cunningham systems
* Spinnaker and genoa lead car adjustments
By choosing the HARKEN Carbo Fixed Pulley 40 mm, you are investing in durability, performance, and the peace of mind that comes with using world-class sailing hardware. Make every adjustment smoother, faster, and more precise.
Technical Specifications:
– Sheave Ø (mm): 40 mm
– Sheave Ø (in): 1 9/16 in
– Length (mm): 64 mm
– Length (in): 2 1/2 in
– Weight (g): 40 g
– Weight (oz): 1.4 oz
– Maximum line Ø (mm): 10 mm
– Maximum line Ø (in): 3/8 in
– Maximum working load (kg): 220 kg
– Maximum working load (lb): 485 lb
– Breaking load (kg): 735 kg
– Breaking load (lb): 1620 lb