[Public-List] Early style mainsheet traveler question

[Amy & David Swanson]

Gord -

Thanks.

I re-did  the genoa tracks a while ago but noticed the mainsheet traveler 
needs doing.  I found what appears to be the leftover teak strip I used 
before but I was not sure whether the main sheet track was the same size (or 
really even sure if this is the correct piece of leftover wood) & it is 
almost a 3 hour drive to the boat from home.  I wrote down the length I 
needed but did not right down the thickness & width.  It looks like this is 
the correct piece so I will take it down next trip & try it out.

David Swanson
Strayaway Child
Alberg 30 #228
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net>
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2013 7:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Public-List] Early style mainsheet traveler question


> Hello friends,
>
> Its more important to make sure the width of the track plate and spacer
> beneath it fits the car you've got.  It should be a loose slip fit.
>
> Whitby used the strip of metal with oak beneath as a cost-saving
> construction technique (I didn't quite say 'short-cut')  There's not 
> really
> anything wrong with making track this way, but it's a bit of a second 
> choice
> way of making traveller or sheet track.
>
> Our #426 had it wherever a track exists... Main, genoa leads, gooseneck 
> and
> spinnaker car...
>
>
> Gord #426 Surprise
>
>
> On 02/11/13 6:29 PM, "Amy & David Swanson" <zira at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>> CJ -
>>
>> Any idea how wide the wood shim is?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> David Swanson
>> Strayaway Child
>> Alberg_30_229
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "CJ Pool" <tasmanxer at gmail.com>
>> To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" 
>> <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2013 5:49 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Early style mainsheet traveler question
>>
>>
>>> Hello David,
>>>   I have a 1963 Alberg 30 with a mainsheet traveler as you described. 
>>> The
>>> actual rail the traveller moves across measured 1&3/16" wide.  The main
>>> part it is mounted on might be 1/2" wider overall.
>>>  -CJ Pool
>>>   Sloop Estuarine
>>>   Keehi Lagoon, Oahu
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Amy & David Swanson
>>> <zira at bellsouth.net>wrote:
>>>
>>>> If anyone is near their boat in the next few days and still has the old
>>>> style mainsheet traveler with the flat metal bar spaced off the deck 
>>>> with
>>>> a
>>>> wood shim, can you please let me know how wide the metal bar is?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> David Swanson
>>>> Strayaway Child
>>>> Alberg 30 #229
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