Samson WarpSpeed 3 SD
Samson ropes has announced the addition of their new WarpSpeed 3 SD line, which brings SamsonDry hydrophobic technology to their recreational marine portfolio. WarpSpeed 3 SD builds on their popular WarpSpeed II, maintaining its flexibility and excellent handling while incorporating a hydrophobic coating. Unlike traditional sailing lines that can absorb up to 45% of their weight in water, the SamsonDry coating reduces this to less than 5%, meeting UIAA standards. This results in a lighter, quicker and more manageable rope. Additionally, WarpSpeed 3 SD is splice-able, compatible with hardware and exhibits an elastic elongation of just 1.1% at 10% of its breaking strength load. Available in half-inch diameter, along with 5/16, 3/8, 7/16, and 9/16, in beige with blue tracers and beige with red tracers. www.samsonrope.com
Raymarine Alpha Performance Display
Having sailing data available at our fingertips has come a long way in the past couple decades, and Raymarine’s Alpha series touchscreen displays have been at the forefront of this development. The units are high visibility with fully customizable marine instrument data and graphic displays to help you make smarter sailing decisions. Designed for helm or mast mounting, the Alpha series is customized and controlled via its touchscreen and remotely from a networked Axiom Chartplotter. Customizable modes are available for sailing, navigation and engine instruments. SailPoint mode provides you with a visual reference of target wind angle, helping you achieve your maximum VMG upwind or downwind. The screens are polarized and sunglasses-friendly from extra-wide viewing angles and viewable on the mast or a remote location. The displays can be mounted in landscape or portrait, and 7-inch and 9-inch versions are available. www.raymarine.com
Seldén Winches
Seldén Mast recently introduced an extensive range of new manual and electric self-tailing winches that give extra attention to the drum and the self-tailer. The new winches were designed to obtain a strong grip, a smooth release with the possibility to easily pull the slack straight out of the self-tailer with the winch handle fitted in the socket. The drums feature vertical ribs placed in an asymmetric order with uneven distances between the ribs. A line under load will deform over the ribs but when easing off the line over the Seldén drum, all indentations are not simultaneously reaching the next rib. The line will then have less tendency to “jump” out, but will rather slide out with control. Seldén calls it “Asymmetric Rib Technology.” The winches are built at Seldén’s plant in Sweden and consist of manually operated two-speed self-tailing winches in sizes 30-66 and electric winches in sizes 40-66. The electric winches are manual 2-speed winches fitted to a SEL-Bus driven motor pack allowing for a third high-speed velocity. www.seldenmast.com
