[Rhodes22-list] CB Cleat - strong, permanent fix in blind space

[Bill Effros]

Slim,

I pull the line straight up, not through the cleat--then I lay the line 
in the cleat with just a slight tug.  I find in my newer boat, which 
doesn't have the block system, it is much easier to pull the centerboard 
up this way--also, there is virtually no strain on the cleat.  All the 
cleat has to do is clamp down on the line and hold it in place.  Reverse 
to lower the centerboard.  All the screws have to do is hold the cleat 
in place.

Bill Effros

Slim wrote:
> Rummy,
>
> Maybe it's just my year's boat--it's a 1990. There's not much of anything
> substantial for the screws to bite on.  It's a pretty thin layer of fiber
> glass.  I've now thickened it some and maybe now it will stay put.  There
> shouldn't be any real technique in raising and lowering the CB and slotting
> the line into a cleat.  It's not as if I lower it by giving it a kick with
> my Army boots.  Uncharacteristically for the R22, the thing's underbuilt.
>
> Slim
>
> On 8/19/06 9:58 PM, "R22RumRunner at aol.com" <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Slim,
>> What in the world are you using the cleat for that you are applying enough
>> pressure to break it loose? Perhaps your method of raising and lowering the
>> centerboard needs refinement.
>>
>> Rummy
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