Maintenance & Repair
Maintenance & Repair
Fired Up For Fiberglass Fixes
With help from Columbia Yacht Club Sailing School, this group of high school sailors is learning the skills
Maintenance & Repair
What Makes A Good Boat Cover?
Take a walk through Harken Canvas with Mary Morgan, Canvas Products Manager, to learn what makes a boat
Maintenance & Repair
Gel Coat Repair 101
Follow along and learn how to repair common types of damage to the gel coat layer on the
Rigging, Tuning, and Splicing
Rigging, Tuning, and Splicing
How to Customize the Engage Point on Your Ratchamatic Blocks
Did you know that you can customize Harken Ratchamatic blocks to better suit your strength and sailing style?
Rigging, Tuning, and Splicing
How to Whip a Line
Learn how to finish a splice or tidy up the end of a line by tying a whipping.
Rigging, Tuning, and Splicing
Upgrading the Opti Sprit Halyard
The sprit halyard is one of the most important sail controls onboard an Opti. The more you can
Advice & Inspiration
Advice & Inspiration
Harken Blockheads Comes To France
Viva La Future! Harken has provided equipment At The Front since 1967. But designing and building world-class hardware
Advice & Inspiration
What is Match Racing? Zac West Breaks It Down!
Meet Zac West, winner of the 2023 Harken Youth International Match Racing Championship that was held out of
Advice & Inspiration
Rules Expert Dave Perry in Pewaukee
Renowned sailing expert Dave Perry visited the Inland Lake Yachting Association (ILYA) at Harken HQ in Pewaukee, Wisconsin,
Boat Tours
Boat Tours
Tour a 13-foot Skiff!
Meet the team behind the Harken 13ft Skiff, Heidi Bates (16, skipper) and Orlando Sadlik (18, crew). Heidi
Boat Tours
Tour a Merlin Rocket!
C’mon along with Phil Hodgkins of Ginger Boats for a Blockheads Boat Tour of the Merlin Rocket, filmed
Boat Tours
Tour a Naples Sabot!
C’mon along with Mesa Uliasz for a Blockheads Boat Tour of the Naples Sabot! Want more
Safety
Safety
The Most Important Equipment
Blockheads, you are the ones on a sailing team who keep an extra shackle and a roll of
Safety
Safety is no Accident! Prepare Properly for Summer Sailing
Before long sailing season will be in full gear. Get ahead of the game by making plans to
Safety
Identify & Treat Musculoskeletal Injuries
This next video in our Safety Series is recommended viewing for Blockheads AND parents, so you’re prepared if
Contests
Contests
10 Nuggets of Blockheaded Advice
Since day one, we’ve filled this website with hundreds of tips and videos to help you build your
Contests
#EpicSend Photo Contest Winners!
Blockheads, we asked to see your epic moments and you did not disappoint! Narrowing so many fun, fast,
Contests, Regatta
Lift Off in Miami
Earlier this month, speed-loving sailors of all varieties descended on Miami, Florida for the most recent edition of