Lars S. Mulford wrote:
> JBlumhorst@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Okay, no matter you want to call it your neck of the woods, there is some
> > standard nomenclature.
>
> Yes, and I think that most folks are already aware of this.
>
> > a working load capacity in the range of 150-300 pounds.
>
> I would dispute this. The cam cleats I have are in the range of 250-400lbs with a
> breaking range of somewhere between 500-800lbs. I would suspect that most quality
> cam cleats would fall into this range.
>
> > costs $12 to $35 dollars for the whole assembly.
>
> Where are you shopping?? Cam cleats, complete, run around $25-$27 here, small or
> medium. And these are prices from M&E, which isn't even the cheapest place to
> shop..
>
> > I'd bet you could use cam-cleats on a P15 for most of the lines, but I'd have
> > to run some caluclations or check with a rigger or something before I could
> > say that it's safe.
>
> Oh c'mon now...I'd say roughly 35% of the ECPA membership who own P19s use cam
> cleats for their lines, and I haven't heard any complaints. A larger number of
> P15 sailors use them too. You can check with your rigger, but I see the practical
> applications on this side of the country, and they work just fine and are
> certainly safe. Perhaps for the type of sailing YOU engage in, they may not work,
> but for over here, they work fine and have been for many folks for years.
>
> > talking about loads over the camcleat's safe working load limit of 300 pounds.
>
> Depends on the cam cleats we're talking about.
>
> > 5) Clam Cleat. Designed to be mounted on a surface so that the line is
> > secured into a v that is horizontal. Similar to a v-cleat turned on its side,
> > but has no hole that functions like a fairlead.
>
> Several models listed in M&E have holes that function as fairleads and rope
> guides. Just for the record, the average working load of clam cleats appears to
> be in the range of 250lbs or so, with some that go as high as 700lbs or more.
>
> --
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>
> --Lars S. Mulford, President
> East Coast Potter Association (ECPA)
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-- "Sea" ya!--Lars S. Mulford, President East Coast Potter Association (ECPA) Come visit us at http://members.tripod.com/~SpeedSailor "Forgive, and live. Life is worth the challenge of living." --LSSM