Those teak clutch pads may not be necessary, depending on winch drum height.
Looking at Barient catalog on Stu's website, manufacturers prefer the line coming from a lower angle of about 3 to 8 degrees. Roger Marshall suggests blocks, or fairleads, or clutches, be kept 18" away from a winch to allow hockles to work themselves free during a release? Many boat builders install them too close together. (I once helped the owner of a C&C 121 raise his jib and the friction was so great because the clutch and winch were 6 inches apart, we had to use the winch the whole way.) Properly led, I can raise my sails (only slightly smaller dimensions) by hand from the cockpit, and without a winch. We only use a winch to get the final tension . Spinlock clutch directions from their online catalog: • Keep the rope deflection angle as small as possible. In a bank of clutches, try to ensure that the most heavily loaded lines have the least deflection. • The angle of the line from the clutch up to the winch drum, should not exceed 10º. You can reduce this angle by increasing clutch to winch distance or raising the clutch using a wood or delrin pad. Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Atlantic City, NJ
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