I am the new owner of Skylark (31) & sailed her twice so far. In a gentle force 2-3 the clutch type jib sheet cleats were fine. In a brisk force 5 I found them almost impossible to release when bearing off from a beat to a reach & had to stand on the cockpit seats to get any sort of purchase.
Is it a question of putting a wedge under the cleats to bring the cleating angle of the sheet down, or would it be better to have normal Harken jam cleats?