This is so true Ed. Thanks. This is what I was fearing. You need attachment to the bulkheads/superstructure.
That’s why the one year when my babystay attachment started to give way down in the head, I noticed that the entire cabin top forward of the mast was actually deflecting upwards. For where traveler needs to be, I will have to think how to achieve this. Petar Horvatic Sundowner 76 C&C 38MkII Newport, RI From: Edward Levert [mailto:weeselev...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 11:43 AM To: Dennis C.; cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Petar Horvatic Subject: Re: Stus-List Cabin Top traveller on 38Mk II My 1981 C&C 34 with cabin top traveler has stainless steel posts which apparently tie the traveler bases to the bulkheads in front of the nav station and stove. I would therefore be cautious of the loads that are generated at the cabin top without any internal strengthening. Recall that decks deflected upwards at the mast collar due to halyard tensioning on boats prior to the tie in with straps from the collar to the mast. Ed C&C 34 Briar Patch New Orleans, La. On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 10:23 AM, Dennis C. via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: Peter, I've seen boats with the conversion. A pier neighbor years ago did it on a Cape Dory. He had Garhauer build it for him. Garhauer makes the complete traveler system or just the mounting brackets (UR-1 or UR-2) with pivoting bases to match the crown of the cabintop. More importantly, my buddy up the bayou has a 35-1 with a cabintop traveler so I know it can be done. I had to strengthen the cabintop on my 35-1 when I upgraded the halyard winches. There wasn't much beef there. The issue may be any gap between the headliner and the underside of the cabintop. You can easily put backing plates behind the brackets under the headliner but there might be a bit of "crush" around the plates. I put some aluminum backing plate under a couple of cabintop winches on a Catalina last year. They came out looking nice. If you need aluminum plate, there are a couple vendors on eBay that are reasonable and fast. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 9:41 AM, Petar Horvatic via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: Hi everyone, Has anyone (DIY) installed a second mainsheet traveler on cabin top, or moved the traveler to cabin top? I know that few listers have both cockpit and cabin top travelers, was that factory installed? For cruising and living aboard C&C 38, I find cockpit traveler to be very annoying and always in a way, however the backing is very solid. Cabin top on the other hand does not look very sturdy as a way to provide mainsheet traveler attachment. Petar Horvatic Sundowner 76 C&C 38MkII Newport, RI _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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