Hi Larry, I have been talking with Tom about the traveler set ups and he sent me the link to the Monty site with the page on your boat and upgrades. Could you clarify something for me, in looking at your pictures you appear to have the windward sheeting car (#2744) but it appears to be set up like the cam on car (#2734). On the Harken site it shows the windward sheeting car with a set of blocks at the track ends and somehow this allows you to pull the car to windward without letting off the cleat on the low side. So do you have to let the low side go to pull the car to windward? Based on the car having both cleats next to each other, I don't think I need the windward sheeting system and the two cars are over $100 difference in price so I want to make sure I get what will work the best for an M-17 application. Thanks! Jim E M-17 #603 Grace -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Larry E Yake Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 9:43 PM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: M_Boats: travelers Tom, With the windward sheeting car you don't need any additional mechanical advantage. You can pull the car to windward easily with just the single block on the car itself. I would think a full range of travel is more important. Be sure to install the rubber stops at the ends of the track. The car really slams into the ends sometimes. Larry On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:03:45 -0800 Tom Jenkins <tjenk@gte.net> writes:
To Larry or anyone else who has a windward traveler setup on a 17 :
You all taught me a lot about the issues involved with this type of
gear, but my final choice is between a setup where the car goes all
the way to the stops, and one with fixed "end controls" for extra
mechanical advantage. Is the 2" or so lost on the latter important
to everyday function?
Many thanks,
Tom Jenkins M17 #626 Scintilla
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