[Public-list] Mainsheet Traveler

[Roger L Kingsland]

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

----- Original Message ----- 

From: <richard.hazlegrove at wachovia.com>
To: <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Public-list] Mainsheet Traveler


>I replaced my traveler about five years ago with a midrange Harken system
> that really makes sailhandling easy.  I am not sure if the traveller track
> mount is different on the earlier Albergs but mine is the later design.
> There are a number of potential combinations including the very expensive
> windward sheeting systems.  For my purposes,  a midrange three part system
> seems about right.  I occasionally race but mostly cruise.  I do however
> like  to tweak the sails and this setup is a vast improvement over the
> previous system.  Harken isn't cheap but they do great job reducing
> friction.
>
> My setup is a fairly standard three-part system.  It consists of two
> double sheaves with cams attached to each end of the traveller track.
> Attached to each side of the car is a single control block with a becket.
> The car is controlled from each end of the traveller through the cams.  I
> used the traveller track that allows the fasteners to slide around to fit
> the existing track holes.  There is a slight bend in the track which was
> easily fit as the bolts were sequentially tightened.  The mainsheet is a
> four-part Harken system that uses a two block fiddle at the boom end and a
> two block fiddle with a becket and cam attached to the car. The mainsheet
> is spliced to the becket.
>
> Incidentally I fit both mainsheet blocks with what I recall are Schaefer
> snapshackles that attache perfectly to the Harken block posts.  This
> allows me to quickly unsnap the blocks from the boom and car and store
> them in the sheet bag that snaps to the aft cockpit bulkhead.  The bag is
> stowed in the cockpit locker when not in use which has kept the blocks and
> mainsheet out of the weather and in perfect condition after five plus
> years.
>
> I have found that the 4 to 1 purchase on the mainsheet to be more than
> adequate in all wind conditions.  The traveler controls at 3 to 1 require
> only a modest effort and then only when working the traveller in heavier
> wind when close hauled.  If you really enjoy sailhandling,  this is a
> great upgrade.
>
> Richard Hazlegrove
> Quest 433
> Mobjack Bay, VA.
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