wjejr
Active Member
Hello fellow Sunfishers.
I am upgrading my boat to have an adjustable cunningham and outhaul, and I have a couple of questions regarding placement of the cleats.
I am going to place the cunningham cleat forward of the mainsheet turning block on the boom. My thought was that I would orient it at a 6:00 o'clock position which will put it in line with the blocks on the boom. The theory is I can more easily reach it from both tacks if it is in the middle. Is that standard practice?
I was going to mount the outhaul cleat aft of the the mainsheet turning block at 6 o'clock, but when i rigged the boat, I noticed that the mainsheet is close enough to the boom that it will rub on the cleat. That doesn't seem right. So I could:
For all of you out there that have these cleats, what do you think would work best?
I am upgrading my boat to have an adjustable cunningham and outhaul, and I have a couple of questions regarding placement of the cleats.
I am going to place the cunningham cleat forward of the mainsheet turning block on the boom. My thought was that I would orient it at a 6:00 o'clock position which will put it in line with the blocks on the boom. The theory is I can more easily reach it from both tacks if it is in the middle. Is that standard practice?
I was going to mount the outhaul cleat aft of the the mainsheet turning block at 6 o'clock, but when i rigged the boat, I noticed that the mainsheet is close enough to the boom that it will rub on the cleat. That doesn't seem right. So I could:
- Mount it on the starboard side
- Mount it on the port side
- Mount it at 6:00 and don't worry about the mainsheet.
- Mount it forward of the turning block.
For all of you out there that have these cleats, what do you think would work best?