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My new-to-me boat is forty years old, and it seem like some of the line is that old too...
Anyway, the vang line looked to be the oldest. There was a similar length of line in the toolbox that was also the same color, so I assumed the previous owner meant that as a replacement. Last night I took off the old line and put on the new one, and now it slips like #### through the cam cleat. If I give the cleat a little push then it sets, but otherwise after you pull on the line it pulls back a few inches.
So... Is it an issue with the line? I have no idea what it is, maybe it's cheap crud.
Is it an issue with the cleat? Should I rough up the gripping surface? Or lubricate the moving bits?
Or do I just use it a bit and the line will roughen up?
Here's pics:
Anyway, the vang line looked to be the oldest. There was a similar length of line in the toolbox that was also the same color, so I assumed the previous owner meant that as a replacement. Last night I took off the old line and put on the new one, and now it slips like #### through the cam cleat. If I give the cleat a little push then it sets, but otherwise after you pull on the line it pulls back a few inches.
So... Is it an issue with the line? I have no idea what it is, maybe it's cheap crud.
Is it an issue with the cleat? Should I rough up the gripping surface? Or lubricate the moving bits?
Or do I just use it a bit and the line will roughen up?
Here's pics: