[Public-List] Main Traveler

[Gordon Laco]

Hello gang - 

I forget if I asked before....

Does anyone have one of those Fico traveler cars?  I would like to team up a
pair of them as per John Kitchener's excellent drawing in the Canadian
Association newsletter a while back.

Gord #426 Surprise


On 21/10/10 4:10 PM, "Joseph Balderson" <joebinc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Greg,
>   I have #115, FREYA. Just starting a complete refit.
> Joe B
> joebinc at gmail.com
> 
> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Greg Bover <gregbover at cbfisk.com> wrote:
> 
>> Dear Fellow Albergers,
>> 
>> Thanks for all the Genoa downhaul info, it makes me more thankful for my
>> lazy man's roller furling.
>> 
>> Our boat, #114, has what I take to be the original rig on the mainsheet: 2
>> 3/4" single sheaves at the aft corners of the cockpit, a double block at
>> the
>> boom and a winch centered on the aft deck between the hatch and the
>> cockpit.
>> There's a 4" cleat in the cockpit aft of the tiller. All this forms a sort
>> of "A" shape.
>> 
>> One of the sheaves is wearing out, the aged plastic is giving up the ghost.
>> I will probably replace it all and keep it as original as I can, but I do
>> miss having a traveler as I 've had on other boats. Any of you that have
>> already gone this route? What traveler and block combination have you used?
>> Anyone have a lower block/cam cleat like I had on my old Catalina?
>> 
>> I'd be very grateful for advice and photos.
>> 
>> Lastly, any of you within rifleshot of Gloucester would be more than
>> welcome
>> to an Open House we are having at my shop on November 13. If you are
>> interested in woodworking and metalworking, or pipe organs, you won't find
>> a
>> more exciting place. More info at www.cbfisk.com.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Greg
>> 
>> Greg Bover
>> Frances Fitch
>> Linnet #114
>> Gloucester
>> 
>> 
>> Gregory R. Bover
>> VP Operations, Project Manager
>> C. B. Fisk, Inc
>> 978 283 1909
>> www.cbfisk.com
>> 
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