Harken Becket 2 Single Wire Block

HARKEN Becket 2 Single Wire Block | High-Performance Marine Pulleys

Product Description

Upgrade your boat´s rigging system with the unparalleled performance and reliability of the HARKEN Becket 2 Single Wire Block. As a crucial component in the Boats and equipment category, this marine Fitting is engineered for sailors who demand precision, strength, and efficiency. Designed to manage both wire halyards and modern high-strength, low-stretch control lines, this block is an essential piece of hardware for optimising sail handling and performance on vessels of all sizes, from competitive racing dinghies to offshore cruising yachts.

Key Benefits
* Effortless Performance & Low Friction: Experience smoother and more responsive sail adjustments. This block is engineered to drastically reduce friction, allowing you to trim and ease lines with minimal effort, even under significant load. This efficiency translates directly into faster manoeuvres and better sail shape control, giving you a competitive edge.
* Exceptional Strength and Durability: Built to withstand the harshest marine environments, the HARKEN Becket 2 Single Wire Block boasts an impressive maximum working load and breaking load. Its robust construction ensures long-lasting reliability for critical applications like halyards, backstays, and high-tension control systems, providing peace of mind during demanding passages or races.
* Versatile Rigging Solutions: The integrated becket (a secure attachment point at the bottom of the block) is a key design element that multiplies its utility. It allows for the easy creation of purchase systems , giving you significant mechanical advantage for tensioning vangs, cunninghams, outhauls, and other control lines where high tension is required.
* Lightweight, Compact Design: Every gram counts, especially aloft. This block features a superior strength-to-weight ratio, reducing weight on your mast and rigging. This helps to lower the boat´s centre of gravity, resulting in reduced pitching and heeling for improved stability and overall speed.

Main Features

The HARKEN Becket 2 Single Wire Block is a masterpiece of functional marine engineering. Its design incorporates features specifically tailored for high-performance sailing. The single sheave is precision-shaped to guide wire or high-tech line smoothly, preventing chafe and ensuring optimal efficiency. The free-swiveling shackle head ensures the block always orients itself correctly to the load, preventing line twisting and maintaining maximum strength. The open, easy-to-clean design ensures that salt and debris can be flushed out, maintaining its low-friction performance over time. These high-load Pulleys are the professional´s choice for managing critical rigging lines where strength and minimal friction are paramount.

Lightweight, low-friction wire blocks carry wire halyards and high-strength control lines on boats of all sizes.

Technical Specifications
- Sheave Ø (mm): 51 mm
- Weight (g): 163 g
- Shackle pin Ø (mm): 8 mm
- Maximum wire Ø (mm): 5 mm
- Maximum line Ø (mm): 6 mm
- Maximum working load (kg): 907 kg
- Breaking load (kg): 1814 kg