[C38] Traveler Upgrade

[Joseph Launie]

Steve,
    We went with the Harken  straight track and used their risers which 
were adjustable easily for the deck curve. We added a 2 inch by 1/2 inch 
aluminum bar to bridge the hatch area. Harken blocks have very low 
friction and move under load Joe

Steve Smolinske wrote:
> Alex
>
> One thing about the harken is they have a track systm which allows the 
> use of adjustable bolt locations so it is very easy to retrofit 
> existing hole locations.  If you go with a curved track it may be best 
> to send your existing track back as we found that our curved track was 
> not evenly curved along the radius but rather had some flat spots and 
> I had to modify using a hydraulic press in our machine shop at 
> work.    The only reason I didn't go with the garhauer was I was 
> concerned about sharp edges on the end control cars possibly catching 
> Lines or worse sails on the deck.
>
> Steve
> 312 peregrine
> Seattleww
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 23, 2010, at 2:10 AM, "Joseph Launie" <jlaunie at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> Brett,
>>   I just upgraded to a Harken traveler and wish I had done it ten 
>> years ago. We only race and we move the traveler under load very 
>> easily. I am not good with a camera but will try to get my crew to 
>> take pix this sunday during our practice. Joe Launie/Macavity
>>
>> bikahoga at aol.com wrote:
>>> Ok I'm am finally ready to upgrade from a curved original track to a 
>>> new flat track. I would love the opinions of the group as to what I 
>>> should get. I'm looking at one at catalina direct online which has a 
>>> full upgrade for our specific boat. So any help would be great. I am 
>>> racing more then cruising.
>>> Thanks
>>> Brett
>>> Jazz "313"
>>> Annapolis, MD
>>> Brett
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