Yes, it's mounted vertical on the Ida Sailor rudder. That cleat is an option on the rudder, by the way. The standard equipment is a stock jam cleat. The line is sized so it will stretch and elongate and slip through the jam cleat it you hit something. They say it works well, but I was a little leery of that, especially if and when I replace the line and end up with a different size or material, so I went with the optional releasing cleat. Larry On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 18:05:45 -0800 (PST) Steve R. <stever@mail.saabnet.com> writes:
I assume so. I have never seen one. Someone told me about it and I went to the web site to see how it works. Who ever has the "Ida-sail" (spelling?) rudder has a photo and I think the cleat is vertical. (Larry maybe?)
steve
--- "Craig F. Honshell" <chonshell@ia4u.net> wrote:
Steve, Could this cleat be mounted vertically, with a vertical load? The drawings aren't clear to me. Thanks, Craig
----- Original Message ----- From: Steve R. Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 11:38 AM Subject: M17 Kick-up rudder
The cleat has a mounting base that is spring loaded. The base swings up when sufficent force is applied. http://www.clamcleat.com/speciali.htm Model CL257 Personally, I have never had a problem steering when my M-15 rudder kicked up. I will quote which item I am responding to this time, so as not to cause further confusion! steve Steve R. M-15 #119 ******************************** Howard Audsley <haudsley@tranquility.net> wrote: Offhand, I can't imagine how a line through a cleat is going to release on it's own, but I'm sure it must. I'd like to see how that works. The concept of a line releasing from a cleat on it's own just doesn't seem right.
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