[Rhodes22-list] John Locke's Traveler on Miracles

[John Lock]

Nicely done Lou!  I'm glad you solved the slider pin problem.  I have yet to replace mine and it's good to know you found a combination that holds securely.

Cheers!
John Lock
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s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22 
Lake Sinclair, GA
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On Jul 21, 2011, at 20:43, Lou Rosenberg wrote:

> Dear Rhodies!
> 
> I wanted to post my pics of my adaption of John Locke's traveler  
> concept on Miracles.
> I spent about 3-4 days working on the entire job.  I had to have  
> RIGGING ONLY of MA take off the original
> GB cups and put on the  Bimini fittings that John recommended using.   
> Rigging only had to reswage my  eyes onto the wire.
> THe entire job of reswaging cost less than shipping the backstay to   
> and from MA back in last May.
> 
> At first I used a new slider with a  large diameter ring but the pin  
> to lock onto the genoa track was NOT deep enough and the slider would  
> become loose on all points of sail.
> I opted to use the original Schaefer genoa sliders that came with my  
> 1981boat and it worked fine!
> 
> see pictures below
> I hope they come through to the list.
> 
> Safe sails everyone
> its HOT in Brooklyn today with winds over 18knots and an outgoing  
> tide that made for 4 foot seas which turned me around before I could  
> bend sail
> bummer!
> 
> 
> Lou
> s/v Miracles Mill Basin, Brooklyn NYC
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