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Author: Garry Owens ([email protected]) contact the author Subject: Re: Cleats, etc. Info: (21459 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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