When like this it should be a simple twisting action to attach or remove the clew - twist the hook to face forward, slide the clew in, twist aft and the clew is hooked in. I do know that it is important to have the hook on the port side of the boom (as in the picture you reference). also, I forwarded a link to this thread to John Christianson so, hopefully, he can offer some expert advice. I would like to get this clew sleeve & hook to work but my husband doesn't think it will.Ī picture would help. Maybe it is the Intensity sail, is there anyone out there successfully using the clew sleeve with an Intensity sail? I've heard that some people had trouble with the clew sleeve at a Master's event in Jensen Beach, FL recently and that could have been with a Laser sail. Has anyone else have troubles with the clew sleeve releasing under sail? According to the clew sleeve advertisement it is design to not allow unwanted release of the sail while allowing quick release during rigging and derigging. I've installed the hook according to the instructions and with help from this forum. Well my husband helped me get the hook back on for the sail back to shore which I almost made it before my sail flogged and the hook came off again. I was fullying hiked out and almost ended up in the water. We started going upwind to get some downwind sailing in and thats when the hook released. The last reach I released the outhaul to get more power. I started doing screaming reaches with another Laser sailor and did about three long reaches. Well I finally got out and started sailing in about 15 mph and the hook seemed to be holding. It turns out that the ring is a little bit bigger than my Laser Radial sail. Last night I had lots of issues trying to get that hook on the Intensity Radial sail. Well to get ready for the new Wednesday night sailing season I bought a new Intensity Radial sail and upgraded my line attached to the clew sleeve to a slightly larger diameter.
It was not as easy to put the hook on my sail as I hoped but it did work. So I bought a new Laser Clew Sleeve and used it once before in about 20-25 mph winds when a front came through and had no issues while sailing.
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