[C38] Traveler Location?

[William Knowles]

Thanks
Bill

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Steve Smolinske <
SSmolinske at rainierrubber.com> wrote:

> Bill, I have 5:1 doesnt seem to be a problem
>
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> From: listserve-bounces at catalina38.org on behalf of William Knowles
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> Subject: Re: [C38] Traveler Location?
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> 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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> david at dlrfilms.com
>        Sent: Mon 9/14/2009 6:47 AM
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>        To: tdtron at earthlink.net; Catalina 38 Listserve
>        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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