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Reply to: nacra 5.7 roller furling cleat for jib halyard

[quote=Edchris177][quote]Does anyone know if this cleat will hold the 3 mil spyderline recommended by EdChris?[/quote] Get a 4” piece of line you plan on using...& try it. Don’t get hung up on 3mm, I had a roll of that, so that’s what I used, a bit thicker won’t matter, Those Clam cleats are numbered, (should be on the bottom), for size. I have a couple of the ones in your photo, I think they are bigger than the ones shown in my album. (Go to my furling album, there are half dozen photos of the cleat we use on both ).They only cost a few $, get the smaller size. [quote]Also does the the top hole on the cleat need to be attached to the chainplate[/quote] No. Think about the loads imposed. They are an upwards force. Pin only the bottom, the load will pull the cleat into perfect alignment. Note: I would pin the cleat a few holes up on the 10 hole adjuster. Where is is now makes it hard to pull the line into the teeth of the cleat. Higher up, the tail will hang free & not tangle or wrap around the drum. Again, look at the album photos. [quote]I have a lot of leftover line after pulling the sail up. How do you deal with this?[/quote] As Philip stated above, use sister clips. Get the really small ones, they are only about 1cm. Raise the jib, feed the end through your clam cleat, then cut it off, leaving about 6” of “tail” through the cleat. Put this end into one of the sister clips, then tie a tiny stopper knot. Put the other sister clip on the leftover line. Hook them together to drop the jib. All you do now is pull the line to tension the jib & cleat it. Uncleat & let a few inches go to de-tension. Now, you will find the clip will not go through those cleats with the captive feature. This is not an issue for me because my boat is rigged with jib up all summer. I only hook up the sister clip at the end of the season to drop the jib. You will have to de-tension at the end of the day, furl the jib, then wrap some safeties around it, & leave it attached to the forestay. If you don’t want to do this, you’ll probably have to use a non captive cleat, or dispense with the cleat, & simply tie off the jib tension. It’s a bit of a PITA to undo the stopper knot, remove the sister clip, pull the line through the cleat, then remove-attach the sister clip each time.[/quote]

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