[Public-list] Traveler to Winch

[Cole, Andrew L]

Roger,

I think leading to the winch may introduce more problems to the system
than it solves.  Your proposed system would put a lot of unfair strain
on the coaming (if the block were mounted in the coaming).  Unless you
upgraded the aft winches to self tailers, you would have to tie off the
traveler line to a cleat every time you adjusted it.  Also, any time you
were sailing with the traveller above center, when you tacked, you would
have to send someone down to untie the leeward traveller.

I find that a 4:1 is more than adequate for me to adjust the traveler
while steering, under max load.  You could always upgrade that to a 6:1
if you felt it necessary.  The loading is not terribly high, you could
probably find some fairly inexpensive dinghy blocks to create the
necessary purchase.

Andrew



Has anyone tried running a single line traveler sheet through the
combing to 
a turning block then to the aft, windward winch?  Might be a poor man's
way 
to get under load traveler adjustment but perhaps cumbersome without
self 
tailing winches or just plain cumbersome, period.

Roger  

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