[alberg30] main traveler system

[FINNUS505 at aol.com]

From: FINNUS505 at aol.com

In a message dated 2/15/00 12:56:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, Rap1208 at aol.com 
writes:

<< Great improvement.  You 
 will be amazed at how much it improves sail trim.  You will be able to trim 
 the boom on centerline in light air, or even a little to windward of that 
for 
 more weather helm.  Note I said 'a little', and ease the sail down without 
 losing overall trim.
 Russ   251 >>
I second. We had the original triangle sheeting arrangement on Stargazer when 
we bought her, and then installed the Harken complete traveler system; 
central car, end blocks, and cam cleats, on the aft deck, just aft of the 
cockpit.  Tremendous difference.  In light air, as Russ describes, great sail 
shape control; in heavy air, tremendous ease in dropping the traveler to 
leeward,and then picking it back up in lulls.  Makes it a usable tool.
The question we had when we did the installation was; should we cut a teak 
'spacer' to go under the traveler track to compensate for the crown in the 
deck, so the traveler remains straight, or just mount the traveler to the 
deck, following the crown.  For ease of installation, we took the second 
option.  The 'spacer' advocates beleive, and rightly so, that if the traveler 
follows the crown of the deck, when you lower the traveler car to leeward, 
you are tightening the sheet by the height of the crown. How significant this 
is is the question. Maybe we can have some input from the membership here.
I know on some Finns, the 14'9" centerboarder, the camber of the traveler is 
actualy reversed; significantly higher at its outboard ends, to allow the 
main leech to open when the traveler is dropped to leeward in high winds.  
(uh oh....sounds like I'm starting another thread here.  :)   )
Lee
Stargazer #2255

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