Harken Winches

Harken winches pair light, grippy drums with famously smooth internals, and this collection carries the range: Radial self-tailing winches in the full run of sizes, Performa winches with their bare-alloy racing drum, electric conversions for push-button trimming, plus winch handles, service kits and spare parts.

Sizing follows the maths of your boat - headsail area, displacement and how much grinding you enjoy. Harken's size numbers indicate the power ratio, and moving up a size is rarely regretted on a cruising boat. Electric winches have transformed short-handed sailing, turning a heavy genoa or mainsail hoist into a button press. Whatever you fit, an annual strip-down with winch grease and pawl oil keeps the ratchets crisp - we stock the service kits to match.

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