[Public-List] Mast Cleats -how many

[Michael Grosh]

It's helpful to have a cleat on each side for jiffy reefing. Pole topping
lift, and spinnaker halyard, and there's your 4 cleats.

MichaelGrosh
#220
On May 27, 2012 7:54 PM, "Jeffrey" <fongemie at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm just curious about how many cleats everyone has at the base of
> their masts. I've just finished repainting my mast, and need to attach
> new cleats.
> I have (had) 8 cleats within the first two feet of my mast.  Two 6
> inch cleats for the main & jib halyards, a little 4 inch exactly aft
> used for a downhaul.  But them I have 4 more 5 inch cleats just under
> the halyard cleats. I can't for the life of me remember if I ever used
> them for anything meaningful. I use one to tie off the flag
> halyard..but that's all I can remember. I haven't flown my spinnaker
> yet, would the four 5 inch cleats be for spinnaker halyard & toppings
> etc??
>
> Here's a picture from a few weeks ago before I removed the cleats:
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> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/n1kzcEoV-osm5SlafD8Xd9MTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
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> If anyone is interested, here's a few pics of the setup I used to paint:
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> https://picasaweb.google.com/fongemie/May222012?authuser=0&feat=directlink
>
> Essentially, I removed all of the hardware which was not easy. I
> stripped the old paint, filled any unneeded holes with thickened
> epoxy, then washed and sanded to 150 grit. Washed again with soap and
> water scrubbing with a brown 3m pad. I then gave it a quick wipe to
> dry then applied Alumiprep...rinsed, then Alodine..then rinsed again.
> Once dry, I started in with the coats of two-part primer. For final
> paint, I've got 5 coats of System Three's two part LPU. Since it has
> been so warm, the paint was tricky to apply via rolling & tipping.
> After the 4h coat I lightly sanded before the final coat.
>
> All in all not as bad as I thought. Now to put everything back on .
>
> Jeff Fongemie
> #116 Seagrass
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> http://picasaweb.google.com/fongemie
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> Jeffrey Fongemie
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