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    Posted: 22 Jun 14 at 5:57pm
It's a Ronstan swivel base. I took it off the boat today to dismantle it and get the cleat arm off. No problem in principle, just needed an extra spacer.
To anyone doing the same, be aware that there are about a million loose plastic ball bearings in there. They flew off to the darkest corners of the garage as I pulled the races apart. Retrieving them was by far the longest part of the job!
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Why thank you.

It depends on the brand, but un screw the base from the hull. You normally have to rotate the swivel and take each screw it in turn. Unshackle the block and spring. Fill the holes in the hull. Either buy a swivel base without cleat swivel and secure that onto the boat, or use an eyelet and screw that down, then shackle the block to it.
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you're a genius Unhappy
I meant remove the arm as well and retain the pulley!
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I'll take a guess....... undo the screws?
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Sorry to hijack the thread, but has anybody removed/know how to remove the jammer on the EPS?
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I found in the shifty inland wind i was far too slow to react with the cleat.
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Well I can't speak for others but for me it's an issue of familiarity and competence. I'm only recently out of a Laser (and before that Picos) so I'm not used to having a cleat on the main. Too, I find that everything tends to get wrapped around the 'arm' on the jammer at the most inopportune moments.
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I never understood people's issue with the mainsheet swivel and cleat on the 600.
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I think you could probably repair as much as you need, but you'd need to be able to demonstrate that the sail was still the same shape if challenged - from the RS rules:
4.6 Repairs and preventative maintenance may be carried out without violating these rules, provided repairs are made in such a way that the essential shape, characteristics or function of the original are not affected.

If I were faced with a protest on the subject then I'd lay out 3 or 4 unmodified sails alongside the repaired one and measure panel widths etc at a some essentially random points, and if it doesn't fall within the range of the others then it would be out.

Edited by JimC - 20 Jun 14 at 11:57am
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