LooserLu
LooserLu
Hi.
Next sailing season I sail a club Laser. I plan to add the XD-Controls for the Cunningham and the Outhaul to the deck of hull. I have a question related to the deck cleats:
In the past years, I did sail the "Holt" T-cleats without a so called "wedge"-plate between the "original builder supplied"basic plate (Laser item number: 1526) and the T-cleats. (Photo 1)
Sometimes I felt, the lines did not hold optimal at the (new) T-cleats, during I pulled them. It sometimes was a matter of the material of the rope I did use, but sometimes not (as I had better rope, but the T-cleats did not had any big wearing and itself worked decent).
Now I ask myself, if it would be better to take a so called "wedge"-plate between the T-cleats and the basic plate for the deck. I only have photos of a "wedge"-plate of Ronstan (RF5002) (Photo 2). Perhaps this is for Ronstan cleats (RF5001) (Photo3) only?
What's your opinion: Do I need the "wedge"-plate or not (I just have to care more that the line really cleats well in the T-cleat)? And if yes: do I need original "wedge"-plates of Holt (and whats the correct item number for a "wedge"-plate of Holt, related to the Holt "HA677" T-Cleat)?
Or, does the RF5002 "wedge"-plate also fit decent for the Holt T-Cleats? My sailing store only has the RF5002 in their online shop...
Thanks for sufficient answers,
LooserLu
Next sailing season I sail a club Laser. I plan to add the XD-Controls for the Cunningham and the Outhaul to the deck of hull. I have a question related to the deck cleats:
In the past years, I did sail the "Holt" T-cleats without a so called "wedge"-plate between the "original builder supplied"basic plate (Laser item number: 1526) and the T-cleats. (Photo 1)
Sometimes I felt, the lines did not hold optimal at the (new) T-cleats, during I pulled them. It sometimes was a matter of the material of the rope I did use, but sometimes not (as I had better rope, but the T-cleats did not had any big wearing and itself worked decent).
Now I ask myself, if it would be better to take a so called "wedge"-plate between the T-cleats and the basic plate for the deck. I only have photos of a "wedge"-plate of Ronstan (RF5002) (Photo 2). Perhaps this is for Ronstan cleats (RF5001) (Photo3) only?
What's your opinion: Do I need the "wedge"-plate or not (I just have to care more that the line really cleats well in the T-cleat)? And if yes: do I need original "wedge"-plates of Holt (and whats the correct item number for a "wedge"-plate of Holt, related to the Holt "HA677" T-Cleat)?
Or, does the RF5002 "wedge"-plate also fit decent for the Holt T-Cleats? My sailing store only has the RF5002 in their online shop...
Thanks for sufficient answers,
LooserLu