[Rhodes22-list] traveler bar length?

[John Shulick]

Chris,

 I would make the length of the bar the same as the distance between the
stays with the stays tension set as if you were sailing. I would avoid
putting a bend or kink in the wire as you see in your photo where the wire
is bent as it leaves the bar and continues up to the masthead. Bending a
wire like that can lead to failure over time and or extreme sailing. If
you're interested here is a pict of the rope back stay adjuster and the rope
traveller. 

John S
http://old.nabble.com/file/p29356486/DSCF0300.jpg 
http://old.nabble.com/file/p29356486/DSCF0299.jpg 

cgstetson wrote:
> 
> could someone send me the length of the traveler bar..i am in the process
> on rerigging my rhodes and until now i assume the boat had a traveler
> "line" or rope . since it has many broken stays i do not know the size of
> the traveler..i would like to make it a traveler bar and do what this
> person did by shortening it slightly to allow for more sit room and head
> room..
> 
>  http://old.nabble.com/file/p29356399/trav_new.jpg 
> 

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