[Rhodes22-list] Rhodes22-list/ J Lock's Traveler

[Lou Rosenberg]

John, Rob , Cesar

First off, John deserves alot of credit for this simple design.  I  
just copied it an realized the pin I was using on the first slider was
not going to cut it.  Anyone attempting this will benefit from our  
mistakes.  You will need a pin on the slider that goes more than 1/4  
deep.

THe hardest part of this job is drilling the holes in the orig tube  
and getting the genoa track tapped in correctly. The rest is up to a  
rigger and
just getting the right parts.

Rob,
No that blue line is the back stay adjuster.  And I just realized it  
was getting severly CHAFED yesterday.  The rig has been up one month!
I WILL need to change out that blue 1/4line next season!

Cesar:  I ve used the traveler on all points its easy to slide when  
loaded, a bit stiff but you want it that way.  I used it the other  
day in Rockaway Inlet with
about 10knots of wind.  THe pin has not slipped since I changed the  
slider.

I opted to wrap rigging tape around the old spring and I will try to  
remove that spring next season.

My old boat needs more paint at the dock this season and I had to  
launch without putting CETOL on my teak in the cockpit.
Im waiting for cooler weather soon, hopefully

sail safe everyone!

Lou
Miracles

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> On Jul 21, 2011, at 20:43, Lou Rosenberg wrote:
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>> 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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