Yes... the winch should be taking the load, not the cleat. 500lbs is a lot of pressure.
Personally, when racing, I prefer a jam cleat with a cam cleat behind it. The problem with a single cam cleat is that people have a tendency to accidentally pop the sheet line out by just moving about the cockpit. ~Dan --- On Wed, 4/14/10, Doug <[email protected]> wrote: From: Doug <[email protected]> Subject: [IC27A] Re: How do you cleat your sheets? To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 7:39 AM I've been looking at Cam cleats and the working load is 400-500 lbs depending on size. Do you think that is sufficient for our size boat. New Self tailing winches are not in the budget at the moment. --- In ic...@yahoogroups. com, "Doug" <dj2...@...> wrote: > > Sneaked out of work early again (its becoming a habit;) as the wind was 5-10 > steady from the NE. Hanked on the 150 genoa and headed out to the lake. The > C27 sails real nice with that size sail in that wind, almost hands off. > Now to my question. The stock winches are Lewmar 10s w/rubber self tailers > with a cleat aft. I actually found it easier to not use the winch and luff > the headsail and cleat. What is your upgrade? Have you switched to cam cleats > instead of the regulate cleat? upgraded the winches? What do you find to be > the best way to 'cleat your sheet', especially when single handed? > Doug > 5053 >
