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Blobby 
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 Topic: Off the Boom CleatingPosted: 08 Aug 06 at 1:34am |
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As requested by NickA this is what I have done to my 29er to make sailing with a very young crew or singlehanding easier...if I did it again I would use the Holt ball bearing swivel cleat.
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Iain C
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Posted: 08 Aug 06 at 10:27am |
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Looks good but please take a file to those edges and a hacksaw to those bolts! I would hate to get a faceful of that in a crash!
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Fireball GBR14474 "Eleven Parsecs" Enterprise GBR21970 Bavaria 32 GBR4755L "Adastra" |
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Andrewst
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Posted: 08 Aug 06 at 10:30am |
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Saw this on the Soloswift website a while ago Could be the way to go. You could however get a face full of cleat! |
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NickA
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Posted: 08 Aug 06 at 2:15pm |
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Thanks Blobby! Sharp edges aside (!!) that looks pretty functional. But how much drag is there from that block-free eye? Also, is there a rotation stop in the swivel or do you just have to be careful to tack and gybe in front of the cleats? The Swift Solo solution is a good one, rope-drag wise, but you have to get your sheet hand aligned with the cleats to cleat the rope - which is probably hard if you're right back at the transom. My V3000 is in build, and Jeff the builder "has some ideas" which I'll share when he tells me what they are! But he'll be receiving both these suggestions in the post too. |
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Bram
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Posted: 08 Aug 06 at 3:45pm |
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The Swift cleat works well on high performance skiffs because the crew moves aft as the boom goes out (generally). The boom is rarely out more than 25 degrees (apparent wind keeps it fairly close) and the lead angle is not an issue once you have it set up correctly for going to weather. It does need to be about 24" from the gooseneck to work right. Bram |
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Matt Jackson
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Posted: 08 Aug 06 at 4:48pm |
Wow, is that your crew holding the boom? He is tiny. You must go like a bullet off-wind. |
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Blobby
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Posted: 09 Aug 06 at 4:21am |
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That is the stand-in crew (Alec aged 5 1/2) the real crew is 2 1/2 years older but not much bigger! Filing off the edges - yep needs to be done but I wanted to see if it worked first. I did get a cracking sail in on Saturday in 12 - 15kts, sunshine and 32 Degrees. Tipped it in twice to start with whilst the cobwebs while remembering how to sail but after that is was just fantastic... No problems with the rotation at all - then main sheet is naturally in the front hand and pulls the cleat round the right way when tacking / gybing. I have no problem with the drag on the sheet - and I have put in an auto ratchet on the transom hawse so it all goes in and out very smoothly. |
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Blobby
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Posted: 14 Feb 07 at 11:36am |
Just for K_Kirk - Kerem this is what I have done with the cleat for the main... |
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43251
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Posted: 14 Feb 07 at 12:00pm |
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surely it's really hard to uncleat, what with your natural motion to pull the rope up to uncleat?
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m_liddell
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Posted: 14 Feb 07 at 12:16pm |
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A few of cats are a 'pull down' to uncleat. Enterprise jib cleats are 'pull back' to uncleat. It isn't hard to switch. |
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