On 5 Jun 2005 15:00:07 -0700, "MVG" wrote:

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I emailed a tech support guy at Schafer and he says that this
arrangement does not work, the fender line tending to get out of the
grip of the teeth.

Get the hint? :)

Everybody else has pretty much told you why it shouldn't be done, but
I'm here to tell you, from practical experience, that it won't work.

I'd rather not say how my bright idea about cam cleats came about, but
I will say I had some repairs to make when it didn't work.

Later,

Tom

On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 11:33:22 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:

On 5 Jun 2005 15:00:07 -0700, "MVG" wrote:

~~ snippage ~~

I emailed a tech support guy at Schafer and he says that this
arrangement does not work, the fender line tending to get out of the
grip of the teeth.

Get the hint? :)

Everybody else has pretty much told you why it shouldn't be done, but
I'm here to tell you, from practical experience, that it won't work.

I'd rather not say how my bright idea about cam cleats came about, but
I will say I had some repairs to make when it didn't work.

By the way, I did eventually come up with a method to keep the damn
lines from popping out of the cam cleat, but it wasn't worth the
effort or the time spent in a machine shop to modify the cleat.

Besides, as JimH said, it's simple enough to adjust fenders on a
regular cleat - you aren't saving any time doing otherwise.

Later,

Tom

I reached the other manufacturer of cam cleats and she was all
surprised, said that theirs are used all the time for hanging fenders.

Anyway, the key benefit of the cam cleat for this is you hang the
fender "too low" for the pier you're approaching, then zip it up to the
correct hieght when you get there before the boat touches the pier.
Sure you can pause in the water while you get them right on a
conventional horn cleat, but when you have a boatful of landlubbers
like I always do, with wind, it's not always practical.

MVG