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Old 11-14-2018, 09:39 AM   #17
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Originally Posted by sbu22 View Post
The forces on the cleat will have both a vertical (up) and a horizontal component, particularly with crossed lines. Not sure that will be a lot different than, say, a typical cleat tied off to a fixed location with tidal and wave action.

Practical Sailor did a cleat test of a bunch of cleat material types some years ago. Think they varied the load vectors considerably. The only cleats that failed were nylon and some other "plastic" units. The other failures occurred in the fastening bolts. As usual, the performance will probably be dictated by the quality of the base mounting materials and the backing plates.

Good stuff. Thanks.


I wonder if there is a way to discover the fiberglass thickness of a hull section WITHOUT drilling thru it? Any ideas?
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