For Josh and anyone else interested...here are
much better images of my traveler install and the
teak insert where the usual install is.
https://www.flickr.com/gp/tombuscaglia/7PBEu9
https://www.flickr.com/gp/tombuscaglia/3XAe89
Tom B
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Tom & Lynn Buscaglia
SV Alera
C&C 37+/40
Vashon Island WA
(206) 463-9200
www.sv-alera.com
From: Rob Ball via CnC-List<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 10:39 PM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Cc: Rob Ball<mailto:r...@edsonintl.com>
Subject: Stus-List Main sheet Traveler Location
Designing a cockpit to include the traveler is the biggest challenge . . . . .
On the bridge deck - good for the crew to trim
the main, but deadly for moving around the cockpit . . . . .
Aft by the binnacle is good for trimming and
good for short handed sailing but again is very
awkward to use the cockpit for comfort or movement . . . . .
Forward of the companionway solves all cockpit
moving around hurdles but indeed forces extra
structure in the deck construction, a stronger
boom, and stronger mainsheet. And, as suggested
makes it challenging for short handed sailing . . . . .
There was/is not perfect solution . . . . .
Hunter solved it with a big structural
Bimini-type rail to carry the traveler up high,
but I could never bring myself to do that to the
aesthetics of our designs . . . . .
Rob Ball. C&C 34
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