Vintagereplica wrote:
Hi PeteCress, Kayaking Bob is right...In gusty conditions sail with the sheet uncleated...remember the sailing dinghy adage, WHEN IN DOUBT, LET IT OUT..
FWIW, I have worked out something that works for me. ...... Basically Chekika's approach: relocating the cleat..... But also with 3:1 and 5/16's line.
I have had it out repeatedly in what I would call extreme conditions (gusting into the thirties - MPH-wise).
Tried my best to pitchpole or flip, but no luck except for once when I sheared an ama bolt just from the water pressure at speed.
I also do the no-cleat thing sometimes, using a ball in the Yak Attack rails I mounted.... but mainly I either sail uncleated or with the line half-in-half-out of the cleat so that no matter how much force is on it, just a flick of the wrist uncleats.
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