Thanks for the help, Larry. I'm putting this at the top of my list of spring projects. Hope to get it done in time for the start of the racing season. Which I just realized is barely three weeks. Gotta go .... Rick M17 #633 Lynne L -- Sent from my Palm Pre On Mar 10, 2011 9:07 PM, Larry E Yake <leyake@juno.com> wrote: The adapter kit converts an existing Harken car into a windward sheeting car. It's not a complete unit by itself. On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:31:04 -0500 "John Davies" <jdavies104@gmail.com> writes: > Larry, > > Harken lists a small boat windward sheeting traveler and an adapter, > both of which look pretty much the same. Do you need both, and > if not, what's the difference? > > Thanks, > > Rick > M17 #633 > Lynne L > > > > -- Sent from my Palm Pre > On Mar 10, 2011 10:13 AM, Larry E Yake <leyake@juno.com> > wrote: > > I should specify, you don't need to release the off side cleat > manually > > when drawing the car to windward. It does that automatically. Only > when > > you want to lower that track from the high side do you need to > release it > > manually. > > > > On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:03:14 -0500 Rick Davies > <jdavies104@gmail.com> > > writes: > > > Thanks, Larry, that's a solution worth looking into. The > picture > > > helps a > > > lot. Did you ever think of mounting turning blocks on the > vertical > > > face of > > > the cockpit at the ends of the track? I assume that the track > also > > > needs to > > > be replaced? > > > > > > Rick > > > M-17 #633 > > > Lynne L > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 10:34 PM, Larry E Yake > <leyake@juno.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > It is very easy to move to windward, even when the sail is > fully > > > loaded > > > > and the mainsheet is tight. You can also rig the car 2:1 > if you > > > feel the > > > > need. It's designed for it. I've never needed it. > > > > > > > > On Wed, 9 Mar 2011 22:22:49 -0500 "John Davies" > > > <jdavies104@gmail.com> > > > > writes: > > > > > Larry, > > > > > > > > > > How easy is it to pull the car all the way to the > windward end > > > of > > > > > the track when the upward angle of the line looks to > be pretty > > > big? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > Rick > > > > > M17 #633 > > > > > Lynne l > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Sent from my Palm Pre > > > > > On Mar 9, 2011 8:55 PM, Larry E Yake > &lt;leyake@juno.com&gt; > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > &gt;Larry: > > > > > > > > > > &gt;Can u send a photo of that sheeting car > installation? Sees > > > a > > > > > good idea. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > &gt;~~~_/)~~~ Gary > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There's a picture of it here, down at the bottom of > the page. > > > > > > > > > > Larry > > > > > > > > > > http://www.msogphotosite.com/M17Tul1.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > When posting, remember that there is no privacy on > the > > > Internet! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > > > > > > > > When posting, remember that there is no privacy on > the > > > Internet! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > n.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > > > > When posting, remember that there is no privacy on the > Internet! > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > > When posting, remember that there is no privacy on the Internet! > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > When posting, remember that there is no privacy on the Internet! > >