[Public-List] Main Sheet Setup

[Gordon Laco]

Hi Chuck - 

The traveler runs between the coamings, at the extreme forward end of the
afterdeck.

Ronstan makes a good one appropriate for our boats, as does Harken and some
others.  Just tell your chandlery the size of your mainsail and they'll be
able to give you a list of choices.

With regard to length of travel... Yes longer would be better; but longer is
also uglier....

Gord #426 Surprise





On 07/05/11 5:41 PM, "Chuck Stein" <cwstein1 at verizon.net> wrote:

> So does the traveler only extend between the two cockpit coamings, or is it
> aft of them, which looks like it then would interfere with the lazarette
> hatch.  If it is only between the coamings I wonder if it is long enough to
> give any significant twist-off benefit.  Do you have the name of a
> manufacturer or fabricator that offers such a traveler?
> 
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> Hello Greg, 
> 
> That is the original set-up which I have on #133, a 1966 boat.  It works
> fine for lazy daysailing. I see two drawbacks to this system. The
> non-tailing "cooling tower shape" winch requires the horn cleat to fix the
> mainsheet. This makes it difficult to quickly "blow the main" it you wanted
> to in a gust of wind.  I suppose one could install a tailing winch to
> eliminate the horn cleat.  The other issue is that it is impossible to trim
> the main boom to centerline with this arrangement. For lazy daysailing these
> are not really issues.........unless you get so lazy that you are not
> watching for gusts and puffs of wind.
> 
> 
> 
> Most owners have up-graded to the installation of a track traveler mounted
> on the aft deck just aft of the cockpit bulkhead. The traveler with it's
> attendant new main tackle, including either a cam or clutch cleat, nicely
> solves both of the drawbacks of the original system.
> 
> Michael
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> Ayla was built in '64 and has what I assume is the original main sheet
> setup. There is a pad-eye on each side of the cockpit just forward of the
> aft hatch and a winch in the middle. The sheet starts at the  port pad-eye,
> runs through a block on the end of the boom, down to the SB pad-eye, back up
> to the boom, down to the port pad-eye, and finally over to the winch.
> 
> What is the recommended setup and how much will it improve things over what
> I have? I'm not looking to race her but I'm not a big fan of having to use a
> winch to trim the main either.
> 
> Greg
> S/V Ayla
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