John, 5 years ago, I replaced the original coachroof traveler with the Garhauer traveler that you purchased. It was definitely superior, and actually let you move the car around under a load. However, the aft traveler I installed is far superior for ease of trimming and sail shape control. The coachroof traveler is so far forward that if you sheet down hard, the mainsheet acts as a powerful downhaul and stretches the halyard. This is not what you want.
Regards, Art Herrick #5468 Sea Change ----- Original Message ----- From: The Emmerichs To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 9:33 AM Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: Traveler upgrade I upgraded from the original curved cabin top traveler with 3:1 purchase on the control lines to the Garhauer that you see on Catalina Direct. It is flat, has 5:1 purchase and is a beautiful piece of equipment, I’m very happy with it. If I would do it again, I would go direct to Garhauer. This is a custom made piece of equipment so they need the distance between the cabin top handrails. Installation wasn’t particularly complicated, just took a little while. A lot of holes to drill, 6 on each side. Your situation is different than mine. You can keep the original setup until the new one is installed. I’m sure you are aware that three bails are required on the boom to handle the main sheet load. It can’t handle single point loading in the center of the boom. The only issue I had was that several of the 5/16 in. machine screws that bolt the horizontal member to the supports galled when I tightened or loosened them. Recommend you run a die over them before installing and tightening. I can send a picture if you are interested. John Emmerich 5874 85 TR -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 7:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: catalina27-talk: Traveler upgrade Greetings to all and a question: Has anyone upgraded thier old-style rear-cockpit traveler to a mid-boom or hatchtop traveler? I'm sure the question has been asked before, but I could not find a good thread to refer to. Catalinadirect.com has what appears to be an upgrade kit (~$600) but I cant find anyone out there vouching for it as a replacement for the cockpit traveler. Thanks ! After getting hammered by this listserver I'm finally going to use it for a q ! :-D P_Owen '73 C27 # 491 "Sweet Pea" Everett, WA *Cruising the North Sound next week -
