Ubi Maior. For a lighter boat

If you want to lighten your boat and make it more competitive but at the same time simplify maneuvering, you will need to be careful when choosing deck hardware. Ubi Maior comes up with a series of state-of-the-art “deck hardware” products. Ultralight and strong blocks made of thick anodized aluminum alloy with Torlon or Delrin rollers, loops, hi-tech furlers (such as the Re-Wind), deck accessories. The latest endeavor of the Molino del Piano (Florence) company is called Jiber and is a structural furling roller that uses a rod cable instead of the classic aluminum extrusion: this being integral to the drum rotates the moment the sail is opened or closed. At the head, the cable is connected to a “lance” that drives a shuttle to which the sail’s feathering point is attached and the halyard, which is obviously released from rotation by a bearing system. By means of two snap-on guides the shuttle, once hoisted, becomes integral with the lance, which rotates together with the forestay allowing the sail to close properly: thus less weight and much less catenary. www.ubimaioritalia.com