[C38] Traveler Location?

[david at dlrfilms.com]

Thanks for the photo Tom! Much appreciated!

I'm out to the boat today to mock up some end boom sheeting and see where
everything hits. When I do lines while my wife is at the helm I end up
standing halfway in the companionway to manage the traveler and mainsheet,
and I don't especially like that. I'm sure end boom sheeting will have
annoyances of it's own.


> I've attached a photo of my factory located traveler.  The problem with
> any
> mid boom traveler is it puts great strain on the boom but it does free up
> the cockpit.  Moving a mid boom traveler attachment farther forward of the
> boom would put excessive loads on the boom which is already strained.
>
> We have an older Catalina 27 with end boom sheeting.  I bought the boat
> for
> lake racing near our home and one reason I decided on an older 27 was
> because it had end boom sheeting instead of the mid boom sheeting found on
> later models.
>
> Tom Troncalli
>
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: <david at dlrfilms.com>
>> To: Catalina 38 Listserve <listserve at catalina38.org>
>> Date: 9/13/2009 10:47:52 PM
>> Subject: Re: [C38] Traveler Location?
>>
>> I just want to make sure I'm understanding you. Your traveler is forward
>> of the hatch opening, correct?  That would solve my dodger problem, but
>> I'm concerned about the loss of leverage having the sheet so far forward
>> on the boom, or the leverage the sail/boom would have on the anchor
>> points. You've had no problems?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>> > I replaced my stock traveler with a Gerhaurer.  I placed it in the
>> same
>> > place as the old one.  It is just forward of the hatch.  I also
>> replaced
>> > my
>> > main and jenny with a new suit from Pineapple Sails but the old sails
> were
>> > standard C38.
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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