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Topic: Spinaker Cleat |
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crazy sailor |
Posted: 19-Oct-05 19:22 |
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Hi,
I was wondering what type of cleat people use as we find that a regular cam cleat you have to hook the halyard over the top to one side to stop it recleating. This we found a problem on a feva in the NSSA regatta(which i find pete you have won the fast fleet)because it ripped out the whole system and ripped the spinaker.
Any ideas on what type you cleat to get?
Dan + Ryan
Buzz 414 |
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Pete Lindley |
Posted: 19-Oct-05 21:11 |
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Won it back in 1993 or '94 I think it was - It was in Buzz 410 or 411 or 412 or 413, can't remember which one!
Try the following pics for answering your halyard question. The elastic is under JUST ENOUGH tension (ie hardly any) so that it pulls the halyard to one side.
http://www.isoracing.org.uk/downloads/kitehalyd_elastic1.jpg
http://www.isoracing.org.uk/downloads/kitehalyd_elastic2.jpg
The latter is our boat 1013. The former is 1188 I think. Both National championship winning boats.
Pete
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Rob_Heath |
Posted: 19-Oct-05 22:20 |
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Hi Pete,
Just a quick question.
In the second picture, I think I can see the pole retreival line through one of the blocks, on our boat ( ISO806 ) we have the kite halyard running through this block before returning to the kite sock and patches; the boat is fitted with the single line system which seems to work fine but is it better to use just the back block as shown ?
Regards
Rob Heath |
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Pete Lindley |
Posted: 20-Oct-05 16:30 |
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The block with the white rope is the kite halyard and is returning to the kite downhaul block at the end of the sock. The block at the bottom of the pic with the black rope is the pole launcher. |
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crazy sailor |
Posted: 09-Nov-05 18:28 |
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Hi,
If i changed the cleat to a spinlock would that work?
And my crew said that if you stuffed a wedge under it would?
http://www.catzooks.com/swift-solo/images/parts/spinlock-63.jpg
Thanks,
Dan
Buzz 414
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Pete Lindley |
Posted: 09-Nov-05 19:42 |
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Can it be fitted without drilling any new holes in the Hull?
How much does it cost?
Probably find initially, that it won't be allowed, due to it being too pricey and requiring additional holes in the deck. These additional holes might be where there isn't any reinforcement and therefore would be a weak fix leading to potentially more damage.
Pete |
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Chris H Buzz1040 |
Posted: 13-Nov-05 23:13 |
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Re-cleating isn't a common problem unless it's to do with the your older design. Most problems are caused by knotting of the halyard during drops.
The dropping technique should include tensioning and taking some slack out of the downhaul first before releasing at the cleat in question and not of course standing on the halyard as the kite comes down !
The halyard should be 18m long I think and this should leave a reasonble loop left in the boat when the kite is up. Similar to the Iso images above, there is a tidy block arrangement that can fitted with this loop going through the block and the block attached by 3mm ish shock cord to rear toe-strap deck mounting or through here and back to the mainsheet strop deck fitting. The length is a compromise between getting enough tension to minmise halyard knotting vs deforming the bottom of the kite when full. |
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