How to Install a Rope Clutch on the Mast of a Sailboat with Sailor James 

This is really a helpful step-by-step video with nice detailed camera work as well. Hoping to do this on a 1960 Rhodes Bounty II shortly. Much appreciated.

Love those project videos....thank you for sharing..

Nice job on the mast. congratulations James

Looking for something small and important that you know you put it in a very safe place, and you really need it bad, right now ? Welcome to my world James ! Cheers

Thanks for the informative video. I sail a boat of a similar size, i run the main back to the cockpit, I find this very helpful especially when reefing if its got a bit choppy. There have been a few times when i was so pleased that I could reef without leaving cockpit. All my reefing lines run to the cockpit. The set up you have looks great, but all lines back to the cockpit might be worth thinking about when/if you doing a big over all of the mast etc . I do sail solo a lot and it does reduce any heroics, or when not solo, the need to get the wife out of bed when leaving on an early tide. Great video as always.

Why use tread repair inserts on newly threaded holes? Why not just bore/tap for the fastener without the insert? Dissimilar metals either way.

Nice job you too! I totally agree with Camille, nobody rocks that hat like james!

LanoCote is a non-toxic lanolin based grease. It will keep dissimilar metal parts from reacting galvanically. and lanolin is from sheeps as i remember fair winds

As the name imply's, Lanacote is made from lanolin derived from sheep's wool. It will get a rancid smell over time, but it's all natural and an excellent corrosion inhibitor...

Thanks! I need to refit a winch on my mast. You were the closest video I could find. Great suggestions. Didn't know about Lanocote. Are you in Wilmington, CA? The background looks familiar.

Awesome

Same on the locktight.

Donkey Juice would be a good name for the new dinghy

Nice one James, good addition. Those inserts are better than the helicoils for that job and you could also have used rivet nuts. Looks well solid. Andy UK. Ps. Proper sun hat that is

thanks

Set of transfer punches comes in handy for doing things like the second hole.

etejour courage amigo James nice 😍😙⛵💑🎉💐

Hi James, good work. Can you tell me the size inserts and threaded bolts you used? Do your inserts have shoulders that keep them from going thru the thin mast wall? Just about to do this in a remote area and would love to know sizes, etc. before I get out there in the middle of the anchorage. . .

Great Fun video. If you haven’t already put a gasket on it, what do you think about using butyl tape?

Now that some time has passed, have the threaded inserts held up? Thanks.

The boat`so ....emm..... clean and organized right now ;-) Love your $10 hat. Hope the donkey sweat keep the corrosion away. Fair winds ,,,/),,,,

Looked up Minney's and they're closed! Damn covid crap, I need boat stuff!

Or obtain an single operator ATN mast climber with double clutch protection. Stows with less space as well.

James! i'm in LA myself - i'd love t osee your boat and talk sailing. i have a formosa 41 just around the corner from where you bought yours. beer is on me :)

How would you put a nut that high in the mast to thru bolt it even if your mast was down? I am asking because I plan to put cam cleats for my dual spin as a temporary cleat about 5'-6' above the deck and would love to thru bolt em but I don't have ape long arms ... it might work with an antenna magnet to hold the not while another person screws it in??? any thoughts?

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pop rivits might have been a better choice on such a thin mast material

If you're relying on the clutch to support someone in a Bosun's chair, you might be safer over drilling the holes all the way through both sides and inserting a slightly shorter stainless tube, then use long stainless bolts with locktited Acorn nuts on the far side. Now you're not relying on aluminum threads alone to take the weight. Even the stronger inserts are just threaded into aluminum...

Why not use some stainless steel rivets to mount it to the?

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20 minutes to screw in 2 screws.... Kinda boring!