There are lots of very good marine products out there. I've got Garhauer, Harken, Schaefer, Ronstan, etc on Touché.
I've sailed and raced on dozens of boats and used lots of marine products. There's only two products that I'm convinced are the best of their kind; Harken roller furlers and Lewmar rope clutches (properly sized). In addition to the fact that they don't tear up line covers, they are the ONLY rope clutch that I think reliably releases under load. The first time you absolutely need to release a line and your cam style clutches won't release, you'll appreciate what I'm saying. How often have you ever had to put a halyard on a winch to release a cam style rope clutch? This is not just an ease of use thing for me. It's a safety issue. I've got a couple Spinlock PowerCleat cam style cleats on my cabin top for my Cunningham and out haul. They work OK but not nearly as nicely as my two triple Lewmars. Dennis C. Touché 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA Sent from my iPhone On Apr 30, 2013, at 9:31 AM, Tortuga <tortugas...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sam Salter says “I've got Spinlock clutches. I think they are the best on the > market.” > > Dwight Veinot says “I prefer Lewmar clutches.” > > My 1979 C&C 30 mk1 has Easy-Lock clutches: a triple on the starboard side, a > double and a single on the port. > > I’ve been planning to replace them with 2 triples for the last 3 years, but > I’m indecisive. I can buy Spinlock or Lewmar at The Binnacle or mail order > Garhauer. > > I don’t see a lot of Garhauer products around here but I ordered 2 Garhauer > snatch blocks last season and I like them a lot. > > Can I ask for more heated argument about the relative merits of rope clutches? > > Thanks > > Derek Kennedy > > C&C 30 mk 1 Tortuga > > Cape George NS > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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