[Rhodes22-list] Traveler Try-out

[The Rhodes 22 Email List]

Hello everyone:

     Yesterday, I was greeted at the door by Stan's personal assistant (really, just the UPS delivery guy) who carried a long thin box containing the new and improved version of the GBI  R-22 traveler.  I de-boxed the item and was faced with a far more complex rig than the old system.  The bar is now a adorned with a block & tackle system that allows the boom to slide port and starboard without undoing those lines that (formerly) created a tangle in the cockpit.  

     The new rig has a continuous feed line that locks in place once set and seems easy to slide back and forth easily to adjust for those "into the wind" tacking moments. My boat's in the water now, and far away, so I can't report on performance yet.  I'd attach a photo, but have I've never quite figured out how do do that with even a moderate degree of success.  I have a MAC, and it's probably simple... but so am I.  I will let you all know how it goes.  To tell the truth, I am a little giddy... OK, more giddy... to test it.    ttfn.

Joe Camp
s/v John Dawson
Bohemia River, MD