Re: Camcleat, was: Big Breeze in the Paicfic, was: [Cal_Boats] Bay Breeze -- Randy

Your cam cleat is a Harken 365. I use the slightly larger Harken 150 and they are excellent. They work much better than the Ronstan equivalent, which I bought a few of before realizing how much better the Harken were. The main thing I like is that you can insert the line under load where on the Ronstan you need to be pulling the line back slightly to insert it. I think Harken has a patent on that so nobody can copy them. You made a god choice. Allen On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 12:43 AM, Gerald Sobel <so… [at] yahoo.com>wrote: > > > Randy, > Nice going! > I went down to my boat late Sat. evening as there was talk on my dock of > an informal race and party for one of the dock rats, er..bachelors.. who was > getting hitched. I talked to the bride to be..the couple lives on an O'Day > 27 (a Bangor Punta boat like Cal's) > I missed the party which was actually Friday, but I did see white caps in > our G basin, and thought better of going out as it was nearly sunset, > anyway. > > I went off to get some freebie mags at West Marine, and while there I > remembered I needed to replace my cam cleat on my fiddler block of my main > sheet (it kept letting go of the sheet, very discouraging during a race)..., > so I went back to remove my main sheet, and hurried back with it to WM with > ten minutes to spare before closing. A young but knowledgeable sailor/racer > helped me find a large plastic Harken model which should work($22). The > metal equivalent from Schaefer was $79 bucks. We'll see how the conversion > works, as filing the teeth of the 48 year old brass cam cleat wasn't working > anymore, the teeth having been worn down to the gums! > Jerry, "Shpritz" Cal 24 Mk 1 #71 > > Jerry > > --- On *Sun, 5/23/10, David Wilkie Owen <dw… [at] cox.net>* wrote: > > > From: David Wilkie Owen <dw… [at] cox.net> > Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Bay Breeze has been retired for the season > temporarily > To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > Date: Sunday, May 23, 2010, 8:42 PM > > > > > > Wow! More fun in the Channel. The Pacific is always placid except of > course when it's not. Glad you made it back in. Is the sail toast, or do > you take it over to Gary for a few stitches? > > Wilkie > > > > On May 23, 2010, at 4:41 PM, Randy Alcorn wrote: > > After yesterdays race in 35 knot winds I read this as a different boat. > Breezy, a Catalina 27 made it about 8 miles off shore before she decided > enough was enough. She just laid on her side and could do nothing more in > the gusts. > > Out Patient, my Cal 29 didn t make it as far. We made it up to the first > gusts over 25 when all of a sudden a small hole appeared in the #3. To me I > could saw a bubble in the leach, then we got stopped and all I could hear > was a loud ripppp. There was nothing but pieces here and there. We got it > down and went home. > > Only 3 boats made it around Anacapa Island and home. > > Everyone is safe and the damage is a sail. Other boats only broke hardware, > like shackles, slides and slugs. > > Good thing this was a race. > > Randy > Cal 2-29 > Out Patient. > > On Sun May 23rd, 2010 6:18 PM CDT chris123 wrote: > > >Sad to say but BB has been put on the hard at Hancock Marina on > >Cohansey river as of yesterday. Simply to many issues to make a safe > >passage north combined with foul weather on the Jersey Coast that did > >not make me comfortable single handing it to NYC to enter the Hudson. > > > >Its been an adventure and thank you all for you encouragement. A post > >mortum and website will be put up when I get back. For now she's safe > >and sound and yes the mast is coming down, only boat in the marina > >that will be naked. Lots of good stories to tell with pictures and > >video's to support the half truths. > > > >Glad to hear the Reggie made the Chesapeake and is now safe and sound > >back home as well. > > > >Hope to get her in the water by Sept and then use the Chesapeake as a > >test ground and shake out cruising area, as Ive really fallen in love > >with the area. Far to much history, water and nice people to not take > >part in. From there, once she's finally ready, well who knows, and > >really I don't care...:) One day at a time when on the water. Dam its > >good...:) > > > >-- > >/ch > > > >