[Rhodes22-list] Genoa Cleats

[Saroj]

I'll try to take a picture later to show you my setup, but to be honest it
is totally standard so I doubt pics are even necessary.

Not under sail:  My genoa sheets are first wrapped two times around the
furled sail to help to keep the sail corner from getting caught by a fierce
wind and starting to unwind the can. They then lead outside the shrouds into
the block cars and are then knotted with a figure 8 stopper knot.  Then,
depending on how tightly the furler is wound around, if there is enough
length, I bring the sheet back to the winch and loosely drape it around the
winch -- for tidyness and aesthetics.  Nothing is "held" firm.  The furling
line, which is fully extended in this situation goes through two fair leads
into a single cam cleat on the cabin top.  The line is tidied and draped on
a vertical cleat attached to the cabin bulkhead on the cockpit side of
course. Given all that, it would be very difficult for it to come unfurled.
A jam cleat requires pressure on the line to hold, so if you've got your
furling line going into a jam cleat, then I could see where that would be a
problem.

Hope this helps.

Saroj


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ronald Lipton" <lipton at sprynet.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 11:38 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Genoa Cleats


> The Genoa sheets on my '89 have an annoying habit of slipping though
> the jam cleats, unfurling  the genoa.  I would like to
> add cam cleats to the cabintop.  Has anyone done this? What is
> the proper procedure? Is the fiberglass thick enough to support
> the cleats with no backing?  Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> Ron Lipton
> Empress of Blandings
> Michigan City, In
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