Sail, Rope and Rigging

Everything offshore is subject to wear-and-tear, including the head of your furling genoa. Indeed, between UV exposure and the working loads that come as a result of both the wind and halyard tension, it’s one of the most stressed parts of your boat. Enter the JibCap, a ...read more

Profurl NEXe motorized flying-sail furlers make it possible for shorthanded crews and solo sailors to handle large reaching sails, like gennakers, Code 0s and other A-sails, with minimal effort and in safety. Two versions are available, the NEXe 5.0 for boats with LOAs up to ...read more

New England Ropes’ “Viper” line of lightweight cordage provides a combination of exceptional strength and flexibility, in the process providing better performance than an all-polyester without the premium price of more exotic high-tech line. At the heart of the line is a ...read more

Today’s high-performance dinghies and other small boats—full-foiling designs, in particular—subject their control systems to higher loads than ever due to their high speeds and ever-higher apparent winds. To help tame these forces, Ronstan has come out with a line of 30mm “HHL ...read more

Low-Profile Snubber Winch New boats often engender new types of hardware. Case in point, the new low-profile SnubbAir combination snubbing winch and ratcheting foot, or cheek, block from Harken, originally created for the J/70 class. “The classic Harken plain-top B8A winch has ...read more