cam cleat
A mechanical cleat used to hold a line automatically. It uses two spring loaded cams that come together to clamp their teeth on the line, which is place between them. Also see jam cleat.
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A cam cleat in which one or two cams pinch the rope but allow the rope to easily be pulled tighter.
A jam cleat in which the line is pinched in a v-shaped slot.
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The helmsman can easily adjust the mast rake by cranking on or loosening the cam cleat controlling the running backstay. An in-mast furling system takes care of the main, while a Furlex roller-furling drum manages the headsail.
In the traditional type of traveler shown here, each line leads back to a cam cleat. To move the traveler car to port, release the starboard control line and pull in the port line; reverse this to move it to starboard.
A cleat designed to hold a line in place without slipping. It consists of two narrowing jaws with teeth in which the line is placed. Also see cam cleat.
jaws
A fitting holding a boom or gaff to the mast.
To secure a line on one of several types of cleat. The line is wrapped several times around a horn cleat, wrapped once around a jam cleat, laid between the movable sharp jaws of a cam cleat, or dropped into the grooved channel of a clam cleat.
 See also: Sailing, Boat, Cleat, Top, Rope
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