[C320-list] Traveler cleat

[Chris Nichols]

‘Fraid I cannot help with size but I do have them on my boat no. 476 and find that I do not use them often - for a couple of reasons:

1. They tend to rattle if conditions are windy such that the tension is going on and off them - making noise that interferes with sleep. 

2. The size of horns on mine mean they cannot hold a decent sized spring rope - and certainly not two of them. 

Instead, i try to tie up in a position where there is a centre cleat on the dock then spring fore’n aft from that. 


Chris

> On 13 Aug 2018, at 13:45, John Meyers <jcmeyers7 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> You, I, and others have thought twice on putting in that center cleat. Why
> Catalina didn't put them in while building the boats is a wonder.
> 
> I know from experience that a cleat for a one inch track is too small. I am
> thinking it is a 1 and an eighth. Someone gave me a pad eye for the track
> and it works but don't know the size.
> 
> John Meyers
> 1997 Wind Chime
> 
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 8:29 AM, Scott Westwood <scottwestwood at bellsouth.net
>> wrote:
> 
>> Since our C320 has no midship cleats we are entertaining going to the one
>> on the jib traveler. Anybody bought one recently have a part number/maker?
>> I was going to mount permanent ones but thinking twice.
>> I will be down at the boat this weekend to confirm traveler size.  I think
>> it was 1inch but not 100%.
>> Thanks,
>> Scott Westwood scottwestwood at bellsouth.net H (919)-362-8538    C
>> (919)-618-7185
>>