Thanks Dennis. I found clamcleat, (which was what I thought they were called) who I think is the patent holder, and is identified as the manufacturer for Selden's equivalent. I could not find the same form factor in clamcleat's offering but maybe I missed it.
The question you ask is a good one. I have had fun single handing with a spinnaker, learning the hard (but fun) way why one might need to manage the halyard at the mast, and am trying to decide the approach. The 33-2 has 3 fore halyards. One is used for the jib, the other two are on either side of that and are referred to to as port and starboard wing halyards. When I got Windstar only one was rigged. There is a spare sheave for the heretofore unused one on the 5-sheave deck organizer, but no clutch or cleat available on the cabin top. So, basically I have the choice of a mast-belayed starboard wing halyard in addition to the cockpit belayed port wing halyard, or adding clutch capacity to starboard, and a parking cleat to one or both. Simplest is to have one at the mast and one at the cockpit, maybe with a parking cleat installed on the cockpit-belayed port side halyard. Maybe a standard horn cleat on the mast for the starboard halyard. The halyards are internal, so a stop-knotted halyard cannot fly out of reach. Thoughts? Dave. Sent from my iPad > On Jun 18, 2017, at 9:16 AM, Dennis C. <capt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Those, or a similar version should be available from Ronstan, Camcleat, > Selden and others. They are called open V-cleats. > > http://www.mauripro.com/us/product/SEL432010R.html > > However, I need to ask exactly what you intend to do with it. If you are > going to permanently cleat the halyard I'd consider a rope clutch instead. > If you are looking to temporarily cleat a spinnaker halyard after hoisting > until the pit person can tidy up and take up slack in the tail, then I'd > recommend a spinnaker halyard parking cleat. The bracket can be found here: > > http://www.apsltd.com/spinnaker-halyard-parking-bracket.html > > Mount a Harken 150 aluminum cam cleat in it. I have one on Touche' and it > works pretty slick. > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > >> On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 6:58 AM, Dave S via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> wrote: >> Looking to have one of my wing halyards terminate or at least be cleat-able >> at the mast, and would like to match the existing hardware. >> Does anyone know who made these and whether they are still available? >> >> http://cncwindstar.blogspot.ca/2017/06/who-made-these-cleats.html >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish >> to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: >> https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> >> All Contributions are greatly appreciated! >> >
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