Retired from newspapers and television, currently sailing Thelonious II, a 1984 Ericson 381.
Cams on the mast are an easy solution to an issue created by halyards led back: how does one person work the halyard at the mast?
As you may have noticed, hauling up the main on the cabin house leaves a pile of halyard at your feet. But the line clutch and the winch are (in)conveniently back there in the cockpit. Without a crew standing by to take up the slack, there's no way to make the led-back system work. A cam cleat on the mast allows a temporary settting...
As you may have noticed, hauling up the main on the cabin house leaves a pile of halyard at your feet. But the line clutch and the winch are (in)conveniently back there in the cockpit. Without a crew standing by to take up the slack, there's no way to make the led-back system work. A cam cleat on the mast allows a temporary settting...
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