The product itself looks like it is well made, by a company with a good reputation, YS Fittings: http://www.allenbrothers.co.uk/YS-Catalogue-2012-web.pdf , a wholly owned subsidiary of Allen Brothers Co of the UK (of Holt-Allen fame): http://www.allenbrothers.co.uk/ " YS Fittings are manufactured by Allen Brothers in a dedicated foundry at their factory in Essex, UK."
...and I think the item would work very will in its intended application, as a "spring cleat", a cleat for spring lines (not breast lines) so the pull is in line with the toe rail, not perpendicular to it. On the other hand, “Exciting Store” I wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole. Ken H. On Thu, 28 Jun 2018 at 14:36, Jack Brennan via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Naming a business web site “Exciting Store” certainly is lame, if nothing > else. Sort of like the foreign car company that named one of its models the > Mirage a number of years back. > > And Ken is correct that the web site offers no way to contact the company > and uses the .top ending so that it doesn’t have to indicate what country > the business is based in. > > So you can take your pick: Clumsy foreigners with good products with don’t > understand English or marketing; An offshore company marketing inferior > products; an outright scam that will swipe your credit card info and sell > it to the highest bidder. > > Having had my credit card info swiped after buying products from > mysterious web sites in the past, I wouldn’t chance it > > Jack Brennan > Former C&C 25 > Currently boatless and looking > Tierra Verde, Fl. > > > > > > *From:* John Conklin via CnC-List > *Sent:* Thursday, June 28, 2018 12:53 PM > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Cc:* John Conklin > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List oe Rail Cleat (revisited) > > skeptical of product ? or is this safe store ? hard to see how would work > with top of toe rail ? Any one else use them before ? willing to try but > value my CC :) > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 28, 2018, at 11:11 AM, Tom Buscaglia via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I am a little skeptical, but this price is nice... > > > https://www.excitingstore.top/ys-alloy-toe-rail-spring-cleat-ys9185-200mm-p-8883.html > <https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.excitingstore.top%2Fys-alloy-toe-rail-spring-cleat-ys9185-200mm-p-8883.html&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ca5ad16b04a4949ad5f6b08d5dd0985d5%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636657955317957966&sdata=7E1tI7w4ZXjAd6D2e96L8MYMa8vvIK6zjmgD49m5qsw%3D&reserved=0> > > Tom Buscaglia > S/V Alera > 1990 C&C 37+/40 > Vashon WA > P 206.463.9200 > C 305.409.3660 > > > On Jun 28, 2018, at 7:43 AM, cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com wrote: > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2018 10:42:20 -0400 > From: Gary Russell <captnga...@gmail.com> > To: "C&C List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Toe Rail Cleat (revisited) > Message-ID: > <cabgkxplmxkfdmpavx7cpsz0h5n+kvgpmd+xwe5yinzteuun...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dennis, > I like the Force 4 solution, but at $137.55 US, it's out of my price > range. > Gary > > ~~~~~~~_/)~~~~~~ > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- > https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paypal.me%2Fstumurray&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ca5ad16b04a4949ad5f6b08d5dd0985d5%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636657955317957966&sdata=eBa1hgrjpXTbsI8QlcGcZNAroIdwekZJBz5ZIODRA90%3D&reserved=0 > > ------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon> > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link> > <#m_8565685753912809104_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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