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 Finn!
Blockheads Boat Tour with Olympian Luke Muller Like most Finn sailors, Luke Muller is a tinkerer and a
Boat Tours
Iceboating: Getting Started
Blockhead Samuel Bartel is brand new to the DN class. He’s a twenty-something university student that got a
Boat Tours
Tour an Olympic Nacra 17
Meet Riley Gibbs and Anna Weis. The pair will be headed to the Tokyo Olympics next year. Come
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
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