Fw: [Rhodes22-list] Hello from a New Boat Owner - CORRECTION

Lloyd Crowther lcrowther at cox.net
Sat Apr 24 11:09:00 EDT 2004


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From: "Lloyd Crowther" <lcrowther at cox.net>
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Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 12:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Hello from a New Boat Owner


> Answer by Lloyd Crowther
>
> > OK, first question:  Instead of a bar traveler, there is a line with a
> block attached to the backstays.  The mainsheet block attaches to a becket
> on top of the bock and there is another becket under the block.  I
> understand that the earlier boats had rope travelers and I assume this is
> what I have.  What should be attached to the bottom becket to control the
> traveler?
> >
> ANSWER: Another block that the rope traveler passes through.  On my boat
the
> rope traveler begins at a becket on a single block attached to the port
> backstay, goes through a single block attached to the becket on the bottom
> of mainsheet block to a single block on the starboard backstay, UP through
> that block and  back through the same single block under the mainsheet
> block, then down through the single block with the becket on the port back
> stay to a cleat on the transom next to the chainplate for the port
backstay.
> The friction of the two lines making up the rope traveler where it goes
> through the single block below the mainsheet block allows me to move the
> mainsail block one way or the other along the travler by grabbbing the
> mainsheet block and pulling it down to relieve the tension on the rope
> traveler, the tension when I let go of the mainsail block prevents the
> mainsail block from moving on its own.  At least that's the way it works
for
> me, I'm sure there will be many comments that disagree.
>
> I also have the reverse setup higher on the backstays to control the
> backstay tension, it ends at a cleat on the transom below the starboard
> backstay.
>
The rope traveler and the backstay tension lines are both 1/4 inch X 15' on
my boat and are tied with a bowline to the beckets on the appropriate
backstay blocks.




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