[C38] Traveler Location?

[William Knowles]

A little off the subject. Could I move a 6 to 1 purchase directly from the
track? Or will it pull the track off the boat? Thinking of using my boom
vang tackle, when I replace with a ridged vang (don't tell my wife)
Bill Flying Goose

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Steve Smolinske <
SSmolinske at rainierrubber.com> wrote:

> My traveller is also about 1' aft of the hatch opening on the deck.
>
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> Subject: Re: [C38] Traveler Location?
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> 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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W H Knowles
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