Cam Cleat Cweary?

[PeteCooper]

I have a pair of cam cleats in my cockpit which used to be for the traveller control lines so the line pulls in an outward direction. I no longer need them for the traveller and want to use them for spinnaker sheets so is it possible to reverse the direction in which they lock? I can't turn the base plate round as there are three mounting bolts in a triangle, but if I can reverse the jaws that would be ideal.

Any thoughts?

 

[anoccasionalyachtsman]

I've been intimate with Harken (and replacing them with CarboCleats) neither will let you do that, the pegs that the springs hook onto are part of the castings and not symmetrical. There are also cut outs which can only cover so many degrees before the base will fall apart. Messy, but could you not leave the third screw out? Isn't the third screw really to stop the fairlead lifting the plate with big loads and extreme angles.

 

[PeteCooper]

Ta - I can't remember what make they are so I might take one off later and have a look.