Doug:
You do such good work. Thanks for your many valuable ideas!
--Gary Hyde
N24 'Sailabration'
M17 #637 'Hydeaway2'
M15 #235 'Vanilla'
On Sep 11, 2005, at 5:44 PM, Doug Kelch wrote:
Details details -
I have removed the double block arrangement on the
rope traveller that is stock and tied a single block
in the center of the "traveller" rope.
This avoids the problem Bill mentioned about Jibe
speeds and allows you to get the boom over the center
of the boat. (not always a good idea for speed in an
M15).
To jibe you "center the main" then steer through the
jibe. The boom only moves a few inches with no "big
bang".
Doug Kelch
--- Doug Kelch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
David,
Don't drill any holes yet!!!
I have done a number of travelller/sail twist
experiments from time to time. My M15 is low end
stock as it came from the factory.
I have added a couple of cleats outside the combing,
in line with the end of the tiller. They have been
usefull for a number of things. One of which was a
temporary installation of a traveller.
See
http://www.arlingtonyachtclub.org/Fleets/daysailer/64travelers.htm
for a description of several at the end of the boom.
I got enough ideas from this page to rig one that
works with the mid boom cleat that is on the M15.
I have since removed it as too much hassle.
I now just tie a line to any available fitting at
the
end of the boom and tie it off on the windward
combing
cleat when the boom is about centered. The slowly
let
out the mainsheet until you get the twist you want.
It is not quick release but then I want the twist in
light winds not heavy winds so I am not to concerned
over this. It has to be released and retied for
each
tack but is very effective and extremently cheap.
The other techinque I use which is not as effective
but does help is to grab the mainsheet between the
mid boom block and the mainsheet cleat and "hook it"
over the windward jib fairlead and hold it there
with
your hand after re-cleating the mainsheet.
Experiment with these before you drill any holes.
A couple of other thoughts - I cruise my M15
extensively and to get the mainsheet out of the way
of
the cabin entrance when not sailing I remove a jib
sheet from the jib fairlead and run the main sheet
there instead. This allows the mainsheet to be
cleated tightly and the boom stays in the middle of
the boat.
Thanks
Doug Kelch
M15 #315
"Seas the Day"
--- "David W. Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks for your replies, Tom and Bill.
Tom, you're right, of course, that having the
traveler/cleat on the
companionway shelf doesn't eliminate the
difficulty
of getting in and
out of the cabin. And you're also right that I
don't
spend a lot of
time in the cabin (though I might like to). But I
do
pull sails,
rudder, and other gear in and out of the cabin
every
time I sail. So
I'm hoping it'll make that a little easier, while
at
the same time
giving me a little more upwind capability. I've
considered mounting
the traveler on the cockpit floor farther aft, but
I'm trying to
avoid that clutter (and damage to my toes!).
Losing twist control is a more serious problem. I
wonder if using my
boom vang to better effect might help overcome
that.
Or perhaps
angling the mainsheet, so that it attaches to the
boom farther aft.
Right now, on a stock M15, it is attached
mid-boom,
straight up from
the companionway shelf. So it seems I could fairly
easily attach it
about 3/4 of the way back, at a point near where
it
is on an M17. Or
would that just introduce a different set of
problems? In any case, I
see an awful lot of boats that don't connect the
boom to the stern
(including the M17), and I assume that twist
control
is not a killer
issue with them.
Bill, I've also given some thought to attaching
the
traveler to a
stern rail similar to the Flicka design. But since
I'm hoping to be
able to sit up against the bulkhead while sailing
(with a tiller
extension, of course), that would mean a fairly
long
run for the
mainsheet, at right about neck level for any of my
crew. So that
option doesn't have much appeal to me.
I know, I know. I should just leave well enough
alone. It's a flaw in
my character.
Have fun up in Port Townsend, Bill!
David
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