cleatsare great get rid of the ratchet block and use the cleats ratchets are crap cleats are great
cleatsare great get rid of the ratchet block and use the cleats ratchets are crap cleats are great
on friday night i purpusefully went out with my ratchet on in wind that was varying from non existant to strong with a full rig on and sailed for a mile ish with the ratchet on and then a mile ish again with the ratchet off and i have to admit that your fingers dont hurt as mutch after but it is a pain in the arse trying to not use the deck cleats when trying to get a load of vang on when the wind dissappears and then trying to get it off quikley when it comes back and as i have just read on here someone else has put the same thing that they are usefull when you are ajusting your controlls and as ive said before what is wrong with sitting arount the cleats rather than on them but then i had another idea although it would have to be ok'd by the board is to put the cleats on the flat piece either side of the daggerboard but in sutch a way that they dont obstruct anything else.
on friday night i purpusefully went out with my ratchet on in wind that was varying from non existant to strong with a full rig on and sailed for a mile ish with the ratchet on and then a mile ish again with the ratchet off and i have to admit that your fingers dont hurt as mutch after but it is a pain in the arse trying to not use the deck cleats when trying to get a load of vang on when the wind dissappears and then trying to get it off quikley when it comes back and as i have just read on here someone else has put the same thing that they are usefull when you are ajusting your controlls and as ive said before what is wrong with sitting arount the cleats rather than on them but then i had another idea although it would have to be ok'd by the board is to put the cleats on the flat piece either side of the daggerboard but in sutch a way that they dont obstruct anything else.
As others have said you can trap the mainsheet in your tiller hand. This works well even when it is blowing old boots and gives you a free hand to tweak the control lines.
It does take practice to steer and not trim the main though. Similarly as it takes practive to trim in after rounding a leeward mark whilst keeping your sterring constant.
I would never stand, sit or use my teeth, I know people who do and it makes me cringe every time becaus eit is unecessary.
I know what you mean about using teeth etc making you cringe on mark roundings etc. Lasernut does that and I'm sure he's going to lose a tooth or two one day!
i know a guy who is about 40 ish and has false teeth because of that but i think he ripped his out in a moth though but its the same differance and ive seen a soloution that would please moast people saw it on a larger boat the cleat swivels around the pully block witch is really handy i know its not race legal but i think i minght give it a go at a club race some time take off the deck cleats and put on one of those swivel cleats and if it works put it to the board why not.
deck cleats are coming off mine too then and im getting one of those things
But Sailorchick has words with me about that. Don't know why. That's what false teeth were invented for
Teeth?
But Sailorchick has words with me about that. Don't know why. That's what false teeth were invented for