Patent-pending Harken Reflex furlers provide sailors confidence that their free-flying spinnakers and gennakers will furl with speed and control.

The result?

• Sailors use downwind sails more often—even when sailing shorthanded and the compact drive unit is easier to handle than other designs.
• Pull the furling line and the drive unit reacts reflexively to rotate the torsion cable, immediately transferring torque to the head swivel without unwanted corkscrewing delaying the response.
• The head swivel reacts instantly, spinning the sail smoothly and completely from top to bottom for an even roll-up and super-tight wrap.
• The furled spinnaker lowers easily to the deck, ready for the next hoist.
• The Reflex cable is more torsionally resistant to corkscrewing than the current breed of textile cable.
• Braided stainless steel wire filaments over braided polyester core transmit torque to head swivel through both tension and compression for faster furling (textile cable transmits through tension only).
• The quick-release modular T-fitting allows a single drive unit to handle multiple sails.

Specifications

Sail type
Asymmetric spinnaker

Maximum sail area (m²178;)
112m²

Maximum sail area (ft²)
1200ft²

Cable length (m)
16.15m

Cable length (ft)
53ft

Line (mm)
6mm

Line (in)
1/4in

Includes: Drive unit, head swivel, Reflex tack swivel terminal, snap shackle threaded adapter, Reflex torsion cable, and clamp