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Q: Where do I secure the jib line?
Just learning to sail and went out all day on a Catalina 22. Really couldn't
find a good place to cleat off the jib line. Help? - Chris |
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Chris wrote:
Just learning to sail and went out all day on a Catalina 22. Really couldn't find a good place to cleat off the jib line. Help? - Chris If you're talking about the sheets (the lines that control the clew of the jib) then there should be cleats just aft of the winches. If you're talking about the halyard (the line that rises the jib) then there should be a cleat on the mast or near the companionway. If the boat you're on doesn't have the cleats in those places, is should. |
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I was talking about the sheets and think I figured it out.
Terrible design I think. There is a jam cleat just below the winch on the side wall of the cokckpit. It is too far forward for the helmsman to use easily and it pops out frequently. That should have been a cam cleat (I think thats there name) - the moveable cleat like on the main sheet that is easily secuted and popped out. bummer Catalina "Jimmy B." wrote in message link.net... Chris wrote: Just learning to sail and went out all day on a Catalina 22. Really couldn't find a good place to cleat off the jib line. Help? - Chris If you're talking about the sheets (the lines that control the clew of the jib) then there should be cleats just aft of the winches. If you're talking about the halyard (the line that rises the jib) then there should be a cleat on the mast or near the companionway. If the boat you're on doesn't have the cleats in those places, is should. |
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Chris wrote: I was talking about the sheets and think I figured it out. Terrible design I think. There is a jam cleat just below the winch on the side wall of the cokckpit. It is too far forward for the helmsman to use easily and it pops out frequently. That should have been a cam cleat (I think thats there name) - the moveable cleat like on the main sheet that is easily secuted and popped out. bummer Catalina The sheet may be a smaller (or larger?) diameter line than what the cleat was meant for. They may also have assumed that the sheet would be cleated on the opposite side of the cockpit from the winch, if they were expecting the boat to be raced two-handed with the crew on the high side. Try that and see if it works any better. A boat optimized for single-handing is likely poorly set up for larger crews, and vice versa. Cam cleats are cool but more money and maybe more finicky to cleat in a hurry. There are infinite ways to improve any given boat. Chip C Toronto |
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