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Karver catalog 2022

Karver catalog 2022
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Karver catalog 2022

Product catalog summary
Introduction
This catalog from Karver highlights their latest marine equipment offerings, emphasizing innovation, design, and eco-responsibility. The company is committed to reducing environmental impact through new product lines.
New Products
Karver introduces new products such as the KF V3 furlers, KWH carbon winch handles, KJ carbon jammers, and KRO open rings, all designed to enhance performance and be environmentally friendly.
Karver & The Race
Karver has a history with the Imoca class, providing equipment for major ocean races, focusing on improving performance, reliability, and ease of use.
Product Lines
  • Furlers: Includes the KF V3 range with standard, EcoConcept, and racing versions, designed for ease of use and sustainability.
  • Locks: Redesigned for improved reliability, including external and internal furling locks, mainsail locks, and reef locks.
  • Blocks & Sheaves: Features universal lashing blocks and high-load blocks made from carbon and aluminum.
  • Deck Equipment/Jammers: High-load jammers and winchless systems highlighted for performance and ease of use.
  • Winches: Offers a range of winches, including speed, power, and compact versions, with carbon winch handles.
  • Mast Tracks & Cars: Emphasizes performance and innovation in mast tracks and related equipment.
Environmental Commitment
Karver is committed to eco-responsibility, with products like EcoConcept furlers made from bio-sourced materials, aiming to replace plastics with sustainable alternatives.
EcoConcept and Environment
Utilizes organic materials and linen fibers, offering benefits such as no performance loss, no higher price, and identical guarantee.
Racing Efficiency and Safety
Features quick fitting mechanisms and low friction bearings for enhanced performance, with safety features like a patented drum locking mechanism.
Product Versions and Options
Offers full carbon versions and EcoConcept versions using linen fibers, with single line and natural wood veneer options.
Top Down Furlers
The KTS allows conversion of bottom-up furlers to top-down units, reducing mast weight and offering easy control.
Structural Furlers
Light and compact, suitable for sailboats from 6 to 50 meters, using a textile anti-torsion forestay.
Product Specifications
Includes working loads, drum diameters, and interface codes, with accessories like open rings and sheave fairleads.
Thimbles and Clamps
Offers cableless thimbles and standard thimbles, with new KRE clamps serving as both a clamp and a thimble.
Locking Solutions
Specializes in locks that reduce halyard stretch and mast compression, used extensively in high-performance sailing.
Overview
Details specifications and applications for sailing equipment, focusing on halyard locks, blocks, and furling systems.
Key Features and Benefits
  • KFH Halyard Lock: Reduces mast compression and halyard wear, suitable for code sails and light genoas.
  • KMH Internal Halyard Lock: Integrated into the mast, allowing maximum luff length and easy maintenance.
  • KHL External Lock: Easy to install, removes tension from the halyard, preventing wear.
  • Reef Lock: Handles high loads and reduces reef line stretch.
  • Locked Headboard Car: Offers compact and lightweight solutions with optional electronic position sensors.
Product Specifications
  • Halyard Locks: Various models with different safe working loads and weights.
  • Blocks: High load blocks with low friction technology.
  • Rope Lashing Blocks: Lightweight and easy to install.
Applications
  • Suitable for a range of yachts, designed to improve sail handling and enhance performance.
Conclusion
Karver Systems offers innovative and environmentally friendly sailing solutions focused on performance, safety, and sustainability.
Overview
Provides a detailed comparison and analysis of Karver winches, highlighting performance, safety features, and economic benefits.
Specifications
Lists various models of Karver winches, including KSW and KPW series, with specifications such as base size, rope diameter, and maximum load.
Performance and Features
Karver winches offer multiple automatic speeds, faster trimming, and reduced sail damage.
Economic and Convenience Benefits
Highlights the economic advantage of Karver winches as a viable alternative to electric winches.
Compact Winch
Combines small size with high power, suitable for replacing winches up to size 40.
Winch Handles
Karver's carbon winch handles are lightweight, durable, and designed for efficiency.
Technical Insights
Provides insights into the technical aspects of winches, such as maximum working load and power ratio.
Customer Testimonials
Praise the innovation, performance, and ease of use of Karver winches.
Track and Car Systems
Designed for reliability and performance, with options for customization.
Conclusion
Karver winches and systems enhance sailing performance, reduce physical effort, and offer economic benefits.
Product Overview
Focuses on batten cars, headboard cars, and gaff locks designed for racing yachts and large sailboats.
Specifications
  • KMS40 and KMS60 Batten Cars: Feature an anti-breakage mechanism.
  • Automatic Headboard Car Lock: Designed for ease of use with a reliable locking mechanism.
  • Track and Car Specifications: Detailed specifications for various models.
Innovations and Performance
  • Unique features such as the only fuse cart on the market.
  • Products are lightweight, compact, and adaptable.
Materials and Environmental Commitment
  • Integrates eco-friendly materials like organic linen.
  • Committed to sustainability and environmental initiatives.
Additional Features
  • Customizable options for batten receptacles and mast cars.
  • Wood veneer versions available for aesthetic enhancement.
Contact Information
Provides contact details for Karver Systems' headquarters and sales showroom in France.
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Catalog excerpts

Karver catalog 2022-2

Our working loads are Maximum Working Loads (MWL). The latest version of our catalog is always available on our website Products ma

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Karver catalog 2022-3

MESSAGE FROM CEO It’s not some nasty virus that will stop us from thinking or modifying our DNA. On the contrary, we are starting this year in a beautiful wind lift which brings us even closer to our course: innovation, design and eco-responsibility. Our new range of continuous line wheel furlers is once again ground-breaking. In addition to a loss of size and weight in its carbon / Kevlar© race version, the “EcoConcept” version designed from linen fiber, bio plastic and stainless steel makes it a more resistant product over time, more easily recyclable and less polluting. Our classic range with...

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Karver catalog 2022-4

NEW PRODUCTS If you’ve been cut off from the world in recent months, here are the latest Karver releases. NEW KF V3 FURLERS The first furler fitted with a continuous line wheel in patented composite materials. In addition to the many other innovations, this major development allows us to offer a more environmentally friendly version with the use of linen fibers. Never has a furler offered so many advantages at this price. KJ CARBON JAMMERS The mastery of composite materials allows us to offer a new carbon version of the market benchmark in rope holding. KWH CARBON WINCH HANDLES The most advanced...

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Karver catalog 2022-5

KJH, GLOW IN THE DARK, STRENGHT AND COMFORT HANDLE One of Karver’s signature products in a glow in the dark version. WOOD RANGE All carbon-based products are now available in a natural wood veneer version: furlers, jammers, blocks, handles… LOW FRICTION SHEAVES FAIRLEADS Designed in a few hours, produced in a few days at the express request of the Figarists. Simple and very effective. EVOLUTION OF OUR KFH EXTERNAL FURLING LOCKS The entire range of KFH locks has been redesigned to adapt to the new range of furlers and evolve towards even more reliability. AND ALWAYS OUR EXTRAORDINARY 4-SPEED WINCHES...

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Karver catalog 2022-6

KARVER & THE RACE THE IMOCAS AND KARVER ... A WHOLE HISTORY Those who know us well know that we often mention the Imoca in our various reports. Following the Vendée Globe 2020-2021, we explain why… > A LITTLE HISTORY… The Imoca or Open 60 or (18.28 m) Open are a class of 60 footer monohull sailboats. They are mainly intended for solo or double-handed ocean races, such as the Route du Rhum, the Transat Jacques Vabre and the Vendée Globe. The class has been governed by the International Monohull Open Class Association (IMOCA) since. Unlike the one-design classes, the 60-foot class is an open class:...

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Karver catalog 2022-7

KARVER & THE RACE - IMOCA Mainsail tracks & cars Karver has been supporting the Imoca for over fifteen years in their search for performance by offering them a whole range of fittings designed for racing. Structural swivel Furling locks swivel Tracks and batten cars Structural furlers Reef locks High load jammers Carbon winch handle Compact Winches Titanium rings Reef locks Speed Winches Blocks (Carbon / Titanium) Lashing blocks

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Karver catalog 2022-8

PERFORMANCE NOW RHYMES WITH EASE, AESTHETICS, PRICE AND ECO-RESPONSIBILITY. Single line version and Wood / Classic finishing available for all our models.

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Karver catalog 2022-9

For the 3rd time in 18 years, we are very proud to present a new range of furlers 100% faithful to our DNA: INNOVATION - PERFORMANCE - DESIGN. We designed the first furler with a patented composite material continuous line wheel. In addition to performance, price and aesthetics, this major innovation allows us to offer for the first time a much more virtuous furlers for the environment. On the strength of our know-how started more than 15 years ago with linen blocks, all our plastics will be replaced over time by bio-sourced plastics and we are offering an “EcoConcept” version where we replace...

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Karver catalog 2022-10

THE BENCHMARK FURLER 10 reasons to choose a Karver furler (1) Carbon wheel & Kevlar® or linen fibers / Kevlar® patented. Strong innovations and a unique identity. (7) Automactic Lock of the standard continuous line wheel and (8) Karver high performance bearings. Performance and ease of use. New (2) Captive fast pins more ergonomic and reliable. EcoConcept (9) process to reduce the environmental impact of our products. New (3) Design even more robust and allowing easy disassembly. New “K Krok” (4) Impact-resistant protections on the swivel and the drum. New division of the range: 1.5, 3.0, 4.5,...

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Karver catalog 2022-11

Online support The choice of furler model depends on the boat, sail and use. On our website, this pictogram guides you to our new tool which will help you choose the right furler model for your sailboat. Over 2000 models are listed. Furler recommendation for cruising yachts If you don’t have internet access, this simplified table should help. For special cases or simply if in doubt, do not hesitate to contact us. BOAT LENGTH Options included for each version Patented carbon & Kevlar® continuous line wheel Patented linen & Kevlar® continuous line wheel Automatic anti-return lock removable without...

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Karver catalog 2022-12

PURE SIMPLICITY! © Karver Systems Cruisers or racers, KF furlers simplify your operations. NEW + Performance - Extremely light. - Unequally compact. - Low friction bearing. - F1.5 and KF3.0 available in K large version for more power. For almost 20 years our furlers have been on board performance sailing yachts. Available for 20 feet cruisers up to 150 feet Super Yachts. Never has a furler presented so many advantages. + Value for money - he largest number T of innovations and features on the market. - fierce desire to offer A the best of technology at the best price. PART NUMBER* WORKING LOADS...

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Karver catalog 2022-13

Karver has taken concrete actions since 2005 to reduce the environmental impact of our products. The EcoConcept version of our KF is the best in the field with the use of linen fibers in the continuous line wheel and in all plastics. - se of sourced organic U materials. - se of linen fibers instead of U carbon. - Less environmental impact. - Longer life. + Benefits - No loss of performance. - No higher price. - Identical guarantee. The molded stainless steel forks prevent material waste and extend service life. + Efficiency - uick fitting mechanism Q for the sail thanks to captive fast pins....

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