What do you mean by this? How does it get "stuck" and at what points? Are you sure that it's because of the cleating fitting and not the other blocks or the lines?seems 'sticky' at some points
The Harken actually reaches lower but has a shorter swivel arm. But if either catches the elastic then you've rigged the elastic wrong anyway.The Holt fitting is slightly lower and kept catching on the centreboard elastic - the Harken does not.
This is absolutely irrelevant. The cleat swings around in a split second (as fast as you can move your hand 13 cm), and has a 50 % chance of pointing your way to begin with. It's not two separate actions.The Holt fitting had this irritating habit of the cleat locking itself at 90 degrees to the pully which also sent the rope forward. You had to find the rope straighten the cleat and then adjust the vang. This made the adjustment far less smooth using the Holt fitting because the cleat on the Harken self centres and is ready for instant adjustment.
They're not supposed to change anything. Neither is Harken, but they changed the cleat from composite to aluminium anyway a couple years back. I don't know if ILCA even has a policy concerning changes within specified fittings.I am not sure if Holt have made any design changes since.
We're talking about the 2001 fittings here... I think.1994 Holt vang
Off topic really, but why do you want to do that?you are approaching the gybe mark and wish to let off some kicker for the gybe and then put it back on again on the next reach.
Well, it stays pointing more or less in the direction you last pulled it. Which is basically a good thing if you adjust it a lot on a given tack, but not very significant really.What has happened to me with the Holt vang is when I let it off the cleat sometimes stays on the windward side.
Never happened to me. When I'm testing it right now (it's always good to keep your boat parts close to the computerAfter the gybe the cleat is now on the leeward side and as you try to let the kicker off it locks as shown in the first image and is impossible to adjust.
Why do you do that?with the centreboard half to three quarters up during pre start manoeuvres
That's how I have done it. I asked others who had done it first, and nobody thought it was a problem. The foam is not like a sponge really, and the exposure is pretty minimal, too - it's not like it's submerged all the time.is it safe to drill the new boards or will it allow moisture to get inside?
Went finally to the club today and tested this. Result: when the centreboard is as high as it can without hitting the boom (it actually hits the vang key block first), the elastic actually does touch the vang cleat... which then swivels out of the way, with no consequences whatsoever. If you drop the centreboard some 15 cm from that position there's no contact. The elastic never comes closer than about 1 cm to the "solid" part of the swivel arm.I found that with the centreboard half to three quarters up during pre start manoeuvres or when coming ashore the elastic caught on the Holt vang as the boom came over the centreline.