Another option is to keep the original rope traveler , but make it adjustable. The following quote from "Performance Advances in Small boat Racing" `W.W. Norton & Co., copyright 1969. This discussion is from the chapter "Developments in the Snipe Class" ..." The most popular travler is a simple rope traveer of adjustabe lenght. This traveler is shortened in high winds, to pull the boom down but not in. It is lenghtened in moderate winds until the mainsheet is block and block at the boom to pull the boom in ( a few inches from the shear) but not down. An additional set of lines can be added to trim the boom farther inbord in very light winds." I replace my bridal wiw is longer line and mess around a little with it. Changing the length does change the location of the boom and shape of the mainsail. In light to moderate winds the friction of the through the hole is the stern held the line ok. in hight winds i sucurred it to the stearn cleat. Results for me are inconclusie at this time. The winds here on the Oregon coast are a little erratric and I havent been on the water enough this year to see if changing the enght made any difference. I brought this option up mainly to see if any others as experimented with changing the enght of the stock bridal. Don Haas M15-248 Dream Catcher
[Original Message] From: David W. Wood <dwood@dwoodworks.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Date: 9/16/2005 4:22:52 PM Subject: M_Boats: Re: M15 mainsheet traveler option
Thanks Scott,
You make some good points, all of which reinforce my current thinking to forgo the cockpit-floor mounted traveler idea. But having the mainsheet cleat mounted on the companionway deck still bugs me enough to want to make a change.
Most likely I'll go with Bill Lamica's idea of mounting a Ronstan RF-5 on the forward part of the boom. This will mean that the mainsheet will just drape loosely down into the companionway, which will allow me (with a tiller extension) to sit at the bulkhead. This setup would also leave enough space for a bimini, and the mainsheet should still be easily reachable even on a run.
I'd love to combine that with a stern traveler of some sort, a la Flicka. But I haven't yet come across a good, functional track setup that would elevate it above the tiller, and still look appropriate on an M15.
The search continues...
David
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