Don’t know if you saw my previous reply, it appears my mail may not be making it out.

We have the Harken MKIV 2. Came with the boat. Works fine in all kinds of weather we have encountered.

David
Blue Moon

Hi Alan!

You have used the Profurl on Madness, though you may not remember much about it.

Its been great. No significant issues in the 16 or so years since I bought the boat. It has seen some hard use in those years as you know. The only issues have been that a set screw that holds the extruded forestay cover/spindle/sail wrap thingy backed out making it impossible to lower the swivel, so I had to go aloft one year at fall layup. One was missing, bought a new (proprietary) set screw, put blue lock tight on all of them and all is well for about a decade now.

it is simple, and the basket is open allowing for easy correction of any override.

It has required NO maintenance. Never had it apart, never lubed the bearings, just fresh water rinses. Period. My rigging guy says that is all it needs.

I wish all my gear was as reliable.

W

We have the same Harken as David’s on Revery. It came with the boat, looks older than Moses, but works fine. If, when we inspect the rigging soon, we decide it needs to be replaced, I doubt we’d go with Harken. Mostly because if cost, but also because it has an enclosed drum. But that’s not to say it isn’t a great unit…it’s a Harken after all.

Evan
Revery