Harken has provided equipment At The Front since 1967. But designing and building world-class hardware is only part of what we do. As a company of sailors, we want to pass our love of the sport to the next generation. Supporting new sailors so they bond with the sport is one of our most important jobs.
We launched Blockheads to give young sailors the tools, skills, and confidence to take charge of their own sailing. In the process they learn the pumped-up-self confidence sailing provides. The end goal is to turn our complex, crazy fun sport and its accompanying friendships, teamwork, leadership, mathematic, and weather insights into a passion that grows for a lifetime. Over 2,000 young sailors from 20 countries have become Blockheads.
And this Spring, France becomes country number 21! To commemorate this event there is even a new Team Blockheads entry in the 2024 Foiling BirdyFish season circuit. Learn more HERE!
“We’ve been wanting to introduce Harken Blockheads to kids in France for a few years. Our new partnership with BirdyFish gave us the perfect opportunity to not only launch this program, but also a really neat way to start Blockheads in France. Partnering with a boat designed to get everyone foiling is very much the Harken spirit. We must never forget where we come from, and dinghy sailing is in our DNA,” says Pierre Masse, Harken France Managing Director.
Team Blockheads from the first BirdyFish event in Quiberon, France. Photo: BirdyFish
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