Yep your boat is old enough that the original traveler was just aft of companionway, as mine is. That was the original location and for at least some hundreds of boats, judging by your hull number. It way less interferes with moving around in cockpit and/or tiller to have it there, I am quite happy with the location. Also less in the way when I have 'passengers' on board - meaning people who know less about how to stay out of the way of lines and tiller than 'crew' :-) As long as it's on some kind of sliding track, it's easy to slide it off to one side or the other when you're anchored, moored, whatever. I also use a bungie cord from cabin top grab rail to boom to hold the boom and sheet off to the side when not sailing. When sailing the sheet is always off to one side or the other even if the traveler is centered ,so I have not found it to be in the way in practice. The one possible downside is that the mainsheet is further forward on the boom, so less leverage vs. wind on sail, so you might want one more turn in your mainsheet tackle, depending on what you have now. Mine came with 3:1 but I upped it to 4:1. The 3:1 was just too hard to sheet in when it was blowing briskly... cheers, John On 10/12/22 14:27, Jason Leckie wrote:
Thank you Sean!
I saw old screw holes almost at my companionway on the cockpit floor thinking the track may have been mounted there but yours looks to be almost mid cockpit. (Maybe there has been more than one designed layout over the years?)
Thanks Again!
On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 1:36 PM sailhavasu via montgomery_boats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Hi Jason. Mine had the original setup in it when I go it. Here’s a couple of photos.
On Oct 12, 2022, at 12:46 PM, Jason Leckie <leckie.jas@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi All,
Would someone be able to send me a picture of their main sail traveller system? The previous owner of my boat removed it so that the lower block on my main sheet is attached at fixed point in middle of the cockpit. It works fine but it would be nice to bring it back to the original design of the boat which most of you likely have.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Jason Leckie
Kuma M17 Hull #340 1980
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