Cockpit Extras

 

Three things of note here:

 

1. A pad-eye through-bolted into the cabin for the Harness. This keeps me in the cockpit. I transfer the clip to the bolt at the base of the mast for any work on deck.

 

2. Inclinometer (kinda crowded!)

 

3. The Santana's centerboard is difficult (putting it mildly) to get pulled up all the way snug. You always loose a little by trying to tie it off before it pulls back down some (not to mention the pinched fingers). I solved this by putting a cam cleat (through bolted) just above the exit hole of the line. This allows temporarily stopping at any centerboard level or pulling it up really snug and holds it there while you tie off the end. The centerboard is fairly light (relatively speaking) and is no problem to be held up by the cam cleat - with the horn cleat as a backup.

 

I also re-drilled the hole at a bit of an angle (the same angle that the line exits), knocking off the upper (outside) and lower (inside) edges to reduce chafe. The cam cleat is also angled with a wedge at the same (O.K., its close) angle as the line exits.

 

 

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