Cleating the Sheets...
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 7:46 pm
I sailed an older (1978 era layout) boat I bought last season with the rigging that came with the boat..
Basicly Jib sheet runs to track block mid ship then back to a fixed block...from there to the winch and then I tied it off to stock cleat with cleat hitch...worked fine, but a bit cumbersome for the "new crew guy" on a windy tack...
I did mount an open cam cleat to backup the stock cleat/winch thinking it would be easier to jam sheet into cam and then tie off bitter end on cleat
I also picked up some larger swivel cam cleats that I was thinking of replacing the stock cleat with...but am having second thoughts with the bullseye and loop on cam becoming additional/unneccessary movement...
What do most of you guys use for Sheet Cleating...?
Basicly Jib sheet runs to track block mid ship then back to a fixed block...from there to the winch and then I tied it off to stock cleat with cleat hitch...worked fine, but a bit cumbersome for the "new crew guy" on a windy tack...
I did mount an open cam cleat to backup the stock cleat/winch thinking it would be easier to jam sheet into cam and then tie off bitter end on cleat
I also picked up some larger swivel cam cleats that I was thinking of replacing the stock cleat with...but am having second thoughts with the bullseye and loop on cam becoming additional/unneccessary movement...
What do most of you guys use for Sheet Cleating...?