[C320-list] Clamcleats

[Steve Magennis]

Not really.  The purpose of these red coated wires is to keep the line
from catching in the cleate when you don't want it to.  I usually just
lead the halyard to teh wrong side of the winch to keep it from
catching in the clam cleat.

Steve
Alchemist #909

--- Dave Anderer <danderer at udel.edu> wrote:

> I happened to notice some funny things about the clamcleats that hold
> 
> the ends of the mainsheet.
> 
> First thing is, they are actually "clamcleats".  No, I'm not an
> idiot, 
> and that is not a typo.  The ones on my boat were manufactured by
> these 
> folks:  http://www.clamcleat.com
> 
> Second, I noticed the remainder of a broken lever on one of them. 
> That 
> leads me to believe the original unit was something like this:  
> http://www.clamcleat.com/cleats/cleat_details.asp?theid2=60 
> 
> The broken lever is evidently the remains of the red gate.
> 
> Does anyone have these with the gates intact?  Do the gates add any
> value?
> 
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