bjmoose
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Just curious, did you use a return bungee from the boom cleat?
Nope, never needed to when it was working. Now it seems stuck enough I don't think a bungee would do the trick.
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Just curious, did you use a return bungee from the boom cleat?
McLube doesn't really hold dirt -- it's not like spraying on lithium grease or something. And you need to do frequent re-applications no matter what. I'd applied a fresh coat on the day I started having problems.
This is mechanical failure.
Update: I'm one of the guys who's been using the clew sleeve successfully. But after a little more than a year of the use of the clew sleeve, I have to abandon it.
As noted above, my initial impression was that you just needed to lube it for it to work right.
But under about a year of normal "Laser" usage mine has now decided that it won't release under any load at all, even when properly lubed up. I inspected it carefully and I see that it has acquired a tiny bit of a twist/bend in one of its flanges, so small you'd never notice if you weren't looking for it. I assume this is the cause of the problem.
Rather than order a replacement, I'm now going to get a harken clew hook and rooster clew strap.