I was watching the Penguin racing fleet come in the
last night an notice a very clever arrangement for a
small boat traveler that may be cheap and effective
for an M15.
I may mock one up and take a picture if the
description doesn't work .
Essentially it is a continuous loop of line with
symmetricallylly located fixed attachmentent points,
one for a mainsheet block (single block only) and one
for a control line. The block attachment point will
be over the tiller and the attachment point for the
control line will be under the tiller.
Place a flush mounted block on the forward face of the
transom at the two corners inside of where the current
traveler line currently goes through the transom
corners.
The traveler line (will become the continuous loop)
runs through the the first block, over the tiller,
through the second block, under the tiller and ties
off to bitter end. The knot under the tiller can form
the attachment point for the control line.
Form the attachment point for the mainsheet block
directly over the tiller while the attachment point
for the control line is directly under the tiller.
Attach the control line (and fairleads) and lead it to
convenient cleating point.
To move the traveler out, ease off the control line,
and to move the traveler in you pull the control line
in.
This is definitely worth a try!
Thanks
Doug Kelch
"Seas the Day"
M15
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