Like all the KARVER K-Furlers, the KF1 is maintenance free and protected by a special anodizing with Teflon impregnation.
No pins or small parts to lose.
Technical details of the KF1:
Total weight = 374 g
Safe working load = 1.5 T
Height (drum+swivel) = 97 mm
An elastic impact resistant plastic cover encloses the spool. In event of an impact it resists all permanent deformation that may restrict or interfere with the system ability to rotate.
KARVER K-Furlers have a notch on the spool allowing fitting or removal of the loop line without removing the line cover or dismounting the system.
EXCLUSIVE ADVANTAGES OF KARVER K-FURLERS
- Eliminates the need to remove the cover and avoids the risk of losing small parts.
- Keeps the mechanism closer to the deck by avoiding the necessary displacement required for removable covers.
- The loop line is simply and quickly engaged or removed from the spool through the notch.
- Increases available luff length by minimizing the height of the spool and tack fitting.
KARVER K-Furlers are available for safe working loads going from 0.75 to 12 T.
On small boats, often fractionally rigged, it is usually difficult to achieve reasonable head stay tension for headsail furling systems. Headsail systems with a halyard swivel are not advantageous because the swivel tends to be pulled transversely (not in line with the forestay) by a combination of loads from the halyard and the head of the sail. This combined on a flexible foil may cause the system to jam.
