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| Elite Keel at San Francisco Yacht Club | May 18 - 19 |
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| Congratulations to Dianne with their win in the Elite Keel Regatta.
Here is Steve's Top Ten List that he has submitted for publication. ELITE KEEL STORY-A LIST OF TEN THINGS THAT HELPED DIANNE 1) The crew: Jarian Westfall, Laurel Schmidt, Mike Pastrone, Jeff Fellicetti 2) Will Paxton wasn't there. 3) This crew can change head sails, the hanked kind, in less then 2.3 minutes. 4) Wilie E Coyote didn't race Sunday. 5) Sun was shining. 6) It was my birthday weekend. 7. El Raton wasn't there. 8. We went left when we could. 9. The wind was blowing. 10. This crew has 59 combined years sailing with me. |
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| Author: Garry Owens ([email protected]) contact the author Subject: Re: Cleats, etc. Info: (22014 views) Posted: Wednesday 9-5-01 08:10:00 AM |
>>Is everyone using mid-range cam cleats for their genoa and jib cleats? We're having a terrible time breaking at the mid to top end of the #1 (which may be a timing issue, but...). I'm considering installing large jamming-type horn cleats instead...any thoughts?
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>>Also, I plan on cutting up a ruined genny soon to make a couple of boom slings for the spin pole. If anybody needs replacements, let me know dimensions and I'll see how many I can get out of it.
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>>Jason, I would love to watch the excitement on your boat if you install horn cleats on the jib sheets and you have to make a forced tack such as when you are on port and a starboard crossing boat appears out of the traffic. I assume you are using Harken cam cleats and surprised you are having failures, I used the same cleats for several years on an Olson 30 with a much larger sail area and never had a failure. If it is timing of the release on the tacks causing the failure it may be saving you damage to the sails and the cam cleats are a lot cheaper to replace than sails.
Garry Owens
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