Optimist Parts

A great way to store your Opti racing sail! Simply roll the sail around the boom and insert into the PVC tube compartment. Take your mast and sprit and put them in the separate compartment. Your sail will stay protected in the tube and everything will be...

Bottom cover for your Optimist Sailboat. The padded bottom cover features 3 wide strips of 1/2" thick, high quality, Volara® foam (life jacket stuff) that makes it possible so the covered boat can be safely set down on a parking lot or other...

This Harken block has a main 40mm sheave and a 29mm fiddle below it. This part is popular with opti sailors for making their mainsheet 4:1. 

Optimist Club Rig Bag. This bag is designed for use with the sail tied on both the mast and the boom. Roomy, great for beginners. Makes it easy to put away you both ship-shape. This bag is made out of a heavy duty blue Cordura® that is then...

Here at Zim Sailing we stock and sell more Optimist Airbags than anyone else in North America.  Our airbags are fabricated from a heavy duty polyurethane and feature a long twist valve style tube. We sell 43L and 48L airbags. Typically 43L...

Block, 40mm with Trigger Harken Part # 2650Special

The T18™ complements the T2™ line. At 7.2 g (.25 oz), it ties, splices, lashes anywhere—perfect for downhauls, outhauls, and other lightweight control systems on dinghies. Harken Part # 2698

Harken ball bearing hook-in block as used on Blackgold racing masts. Due to the curved saddle the block rests against the mast in a fixed position which prevents mast wear and creates a halyard system with less friction.  Harken Part # EX1351H

Low-friction Carbo AirBlocks® are lightweight, strong, reliable—and affordable. These small, compact blocks have very high working loads for safe, easy trimming. Zim Applications Club 420: mainsheet bridle Club FJ: secondary mainsheet block,...

Carbo Ratchets allow sailors to hand-hold loaded lines and offer balance between holding power and controlled easing. Zim Applications Club 420 Mainsheet Club FJ Mainsheet Opti Mainsheet ILCA Mainsheet ISCA Mainsheet Club FJ Jib...

Low-friction Micro blocks are compact and lightweight. They are ideal for lightly loaded control lines on boats of all sizes. Zim Applications C420: vang cascade and 2:1 control, centerboard uphaul Club Opti: sprit halyard   Harken Part # 224A LP...

Stamped shackles are used on most Harken small boat blocks. Harken Part # 072.100U LP Part # 91205