Excerpted from original posting by mike4947 (Muchael Lester - Junior Member):
> As for the swivel jam cleat, do not use one unless you like capsizing in anything over 10 knots of wind. When you are hiked out you can not reach high enough to release the mainsheet from the cleat. FIne for no winf pond sailing, but not for any wind you can't sit straight up.
> The prefered method is to use a 009 Harken hexarachet and mount either cam or clam cleats on the foward edge of the cockpit as far toward the outside edge as possible to allow you to through bolt them into the cockpit opening.
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Mike/Anyone-
I thought I would start a new thread for this. As for my use of a swivel jam cleat (as I call it), yes indeed I have nearly many times (and actually, once) capsized because I couldn't release the sheet quickly enough (I've capsized other times for other reasons, but let's not get into that). And I don't even race, or even hike out much. To be more specific, I mounted (on another hull) a bullseye with swivel cam (Harken 240 $49.99) on the top of the front edge of the cockpit (bolted through, right behind the daggerboard) and passed the sheet from the boom through the bullseye and then into the loop over the cam. And of course in use, I dropped the sheet into the cam "teeth" by pulling down while hauling in a bit. Which worked, albeit a little hard to release at times.
But now on my newly acquired hull with just the OEM hook, I'm open to suggestions. And wishing to limit capsizes. So I've found this 009 Harken hexarachet in West Marine catalog, price $48.99 (yikes!), but precious little on how and why to use it (and the picture is tiny). It says it has a sliding on/off button, and 15:1 holding power (with 180 degree wrap).
Well, pardon my extreme inexperience here, but could you please explain where this thing is placed and a bit more about how it's used? And, what is the diff between cam and cam cleat? Also, are you saying that I would mount TWO of these cams, presumably for use on the two opposite tacks? Which way should they "face" and which one is used on which tack?
TIA. -Steve
> As for the swivel jam cleat, do not use one unless you like capsizing in anything over 10 knots of wind. When you are hiked out you can not reach high enough to release the mainsheet from the cleat. FIne for no winf pond sailing, but not for any wind you can't sit straight up.
> The prefered method is to use a 009 Harken hexarachet and mount either cam or clam cleats on the foward edge of the cockpit as far toward the outside edge as possible to allow you to through bolt them into the cockpit opening.
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Mike/Anyone-
I thought I would start a new thread for this. As for my use of a swivel jam cleat (as I call it), yes indeed I have nearly many times (and actually, once) capsized because I couldn't release the sheet quickly enough (I've capsized other times for other reasons, but let's not get into that). And I don't even race, or even hike out much. To be more specific, I mounted (on another hull) a bullseye with swivel cam (Harken 240 $49.99) on the top of the front edge of the cockpit (bolted through, right behind the daggerboard) and passed the sheet from the boom through the bullseye and then into the loop over the cam. And of course in use, I dropped the sheet into the cam "teeth" by pulling down while hauling in a bit. Which worked, albeit a little hard to release at times.
But now on my newly acquired hull with just the OEM hook, I'm open to suggestions. And wishing to limit capsizes. So I've found this 009 Harken hexarachet in West Marine catalog, price $48.99 (yikes!), but precious little on how and why to use it (and the picture is tiny). It says it has a sliding on/off button, and 15:1 holding power (with 180 degree wrap).
Well, pardon my extreme inexperience here, but could you please explain where this thing is placed and a bit more about how it's used? And, what is the diff between cam and cam cleat? Also, are you saying that I would mount TWO of these cams, presumably for use on the two opposite tacks? Which way should they "face" and which one is used on which tack?
TIA. -Steve