One thing I noticed on my "maiden" voyages over the weekend was that, on my 20-year old M15, the clam cleats that hold the Jib sheets were apparently worn out -- that is, they would not hold the sheets and I kept having to re-adjust, or in rough wind, even have a crew member hold the sheets in place by hand. I'm thinking that if I'm going to replace these cleats, maybe I should replace them with cam cleats instead of the clams that are there now -- my experience is that cams tend to hold more decisively, with no slipping. Does anyone have any wisdom that would contraindicate the use of cam cleats for the jib sheets? -- Steve McClellan M15 #152 Chicago Area
Steve, If you don't want to drill, the Ronstan RF5110 clam cleats have the same hole pattern as my originals (and probably yours). My were worn out, so I recently replaced both jib sheet cleats and the CB pennant cleat. Bill Riker M-15 #184 Storm Petrel -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-admin@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-admin@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of s.mcclellan@attbi.com Sent: May 28, 2002 3:55 PM To: Listserver MBoats Subject: M_Boats: Clam vs Cam One thing I noticed on my "maiden" voyages over the weekend was that, on my 20-year old M15, the clam cleats that hold the Jib sheets were apparently worn out -- that is, they would not hold the sheets and I kept having to re-adjust, or in rough wind, even have a crew member hold the sheets in place by hand. I'm thinking that if I'm going to replace these cleats, maybe I should replace them with cam cleats instead of the clams that are there now -- my experience is that cams tend to hold more decisively, with no slipping. Does anyone have any wisdom that would contraindicate the use of cam cleats for the jib sheets? -- Steve McClellan M15 #152 Chicago Area _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
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