{"id":2467,"date":"2023-07-04T11:09:53","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T11:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marlow-ropes.co.uk\/?p=2467"},"modified":"2023-07-04T11:09:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T11:09:53","slug":"700-stronger-bearings-news-boating-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marlow-ropes.co.uk\/?p=2467","title":{"rendered":"700% stronger bearings | News | Boating Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>AFTERMARKET 700% stronger bearings 03\/07\/2023 Save article Harken\u2019s new Zircon blocks are the company\u2019s most efficient small boat blocks. SHOW FULLSCREEN Harken\u2019s Zircon block has low-friction ceramic ball bearings Features of the blocks include industrial ceramic ball bearings mounted inside caged races. The cages have been developed to keep the bearings apart, so they don\u2019t bunch up, touch and stop each other making it a free-running, low-friction block. \u201cGive an unloaded Zircon block a strong spin, and it spins an incredibly long time,\u201d explained a Harken spokesperson. \u201cCeramic is a more familiar name for the metallic oxide Zirconia. Zircon bearings are more than 700% stronger in compression than stainless bearings of the same size so, they will not deform if used within the recommended load limits.\u201d The bearings will also absorb less energy before starting to roll, making the blocks more responsive, especially in light airs. \u201cZircon feels like you can push the line out,\u201d added the spokesperson. \u201cAt top wind range, you can rig more mainsheet purchase so you can physically trim harder\u2014but still ease through those additional sheaves when the wind lightens up. \u201cIn the lightest air, trimmers feel they can actually push the sheet out.\u201d The blocks are available in single and double blocks, with or without beckets, and in 40mm and 57mm sheaves. Topics Blockdinghy sailingMasts, spars, sails &#038; riggingPerformance sailingsail trimming<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boatingbusiness.com\/aftermarket\/700-stronger-bearings\/1485347.article\">700% stronger bearings | News | Boating Business<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFTERMARKET 700% stronger bearings 03\/07\/2023 Save article Harken\u2019s new Zircon blocks are the company\u2019s most efficient small boat blocks. SHOW FULLSCREEN Harken\u2019s Zircon block has low-friction ceramic ball bearings Features of the blocks include industrial ceramic ball bearings mounted inside &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marlow-ropes.co.uk\/?p=2467\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marlow-ropes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marlow-ropes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marlow-ropes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marlow-ropes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marlow-ropes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.marlow-ropes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2468,"href":"https:\/\/www.marlow-ropes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467\/revisions\/2468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marlow-ropes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marlow-ropes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marlow-ropes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}