Finally a 3D printing project that I like
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Greg,
You have never had your foresail sheets hang up on your foreward mooring cleats?
Am I the only one? Oh no!
gary
You have never had your foresail sheets hang up on your foreward mooring cleats?
Am I the only one? Oh no!
gary
I have seen variations of this idea for decades, usually on midship cleats. Depending on deck layout, a very good idea!
We have folding midship mooring cleats -- another solution to lines snagging.....
CSJ #48-510 TOE RAIL FOLDING CLEAT - C. Sherman Johnson Co., Inc.
The toe rail folding cleat makes a perfect movable, mid-ship cleat for spring lines, etc. This cleat is mountable on all aluminum toe rails. The rail is protected by a silicon rubber pad for rattle free installation. The cleat folds out of the way when not in use, and the husky 3/8” dia. cleat...
csjohnson.com
Print it out of TPU and it would have the added benefit of softening toe stubs.
That's brilliant. Believe it or not, the worst injury we've ever had on our boat was on just such a cleat.
I took my mother out for a 3-day cruise. Our first night, we pulled into Friday Harbor after about a 10-hour stretch. So, everyone was anxious to get off the boat. My mom (against advice) tried to step up and over the coaming (one foot in the cockpit and the next all the way onto the dock). She misjudged just how far that step was and fell. As she fell, her calf was pulled across the cleat in such a way that the horn managed to push into the skin and under the fat layer. It ripped about a 6" hole in her leg.
You could try 1000 times to replicate the injury and never do it. But, somehow she managed .
So, I guess it isn't a bad idea to cover some cleats as a safety measure, too? It isn't a thing I would call a "hazard" but, there you go.
I took my mother out for a 3-day cruise. Our first night, we pulled into Friday Harbor after about a 10-hour stretch. So, everyone was anxious to get off the boat. My mom (against advice) tried to step up and over the coaming (one foot in the cockpit and the next all the way onto the dock). She misjudged just how far that step was and fell. As she fell, her calf was pulled across the cleat in such a way that the horn managed to push into the skin and under the fat layer. It ripped about a 6" hole in her leg.
You could try 1000 times to replicate the injury and never do it. But, somehow she managed .
So, I guess it isn't a bad idea to cover some cleats as a safety measure, too? It isn't a thing I would call a "hazard" but, there you go.
I guess I have not! Now it will probably happen
But they look good. And I have stubbed my toe on more than one occasion, so I like @Davidasailor26 suggestion to make it soft!
Greg
It's amazing how something that's not necessarily sharp can still do you in -- I once slipped on some concrete stairs and tried to catch myself by grabbing a metal outlet box. That was a trip to the ER to have my fingers glued up.
Pretty common, and for the last 40 years that I know of. Back then, they were typically carved from wood.
