It seems to me that the load on the cleat is less than 500 lbs when you have it passed around the winch (I can hand hold the sheet after 3 turns around the winch and that is less than 500lbs). On the other side of the winch the loads can be quite excessive and well beyond 500lbs.
Joe McCary Aeolus II. #4795, West River, MD www.aeoluswestriver.net joe at photoresponse dot com From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Doug Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 7:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [IC27A] Re: How do you cleat your sheets? 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 [email protected] <mailto:IC27A%40yahoogroups.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 >
