Oh Happy Day!
For a year and a half I've been downhauling with a backup tool…a cleat screwed to a bit of broom handle…drill a hole for your line and there you go…but I've been beating myself up for losing my beloved downhaul cleat (can you tell I've not been getting any water time?) The downhaul cleat I bought in 1992, the very first piece of windsurfing equipment that I bought new. That after 18 years of faithful service I'd somehow left at Napeague.
I was digging around behid the panel of the back door of the van a few days ago when I spotted the orange line peeking out. Oh Happy Day!
(Photo: Check out how the metal sides of the cleat are bent in from decades of being squeezed by hand. When I first bought it I was advised to tie a bright line to it "to make it easier to find". That line ultimately did its job!)
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