[Public-List] Early style mainsheet traveler question

[Gordon Laco]

Cool - the wood under our track strips had rotted to something like cork,
although I reckon it was teak or oak in it's younger days.


G



On 03/11/13 9:10 AM, "Amy & David Swanson" <zira at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> 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>
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> 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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