[Rhodes22-list] Traveler Try-out

Wed May 7 16:49:04 EDT 2014

Joe,

Is the loose end of the line long enough to allow the traveling block to
reach the block at the top of the picture?

Rick

On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 4:11 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> Chris (et al):  I have attached a photo the way I do in other email.  Got
> traveler?
>
> Joe
> On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 2:05 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>
> Ballpark would have been fine..thinking of a birthday present
> >suggestion...no picture tho would like to see it first. Send a pic to my
> >email.
> >Chrissailorman at gee mail dot com
> >Thanks
> >Chris....of course!
> >On May 7, 2014 1:45 PM, "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <
> >rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> >
> >> As far as the costs, I will say that a) it's reasonable and b) that's
> >> between you and Stan.  I don't want to step on his toes.
> >>
> >> My boat is a recycled 1987 and had the traveler installed. I rarely used
> >> it, as it was a pain to uncoil the snake (as it were) that controlled
> it.
> >>  I gave the photos another shot. Hope they come through.
> >>
> >> Joe
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> file://localhost/Users/joecamp/Pictures/iPhoto%20Library/Originals/2014/May%207,%202014/IMG_0035.JPGfile://localhost/Users/joecamp/Pictures/iPhoto%20Library/Originals/2014/May%207,%202014/IMG_0036.JPGfile://localhost/Users/joecamp/Pictures/iPhoto%20Library/Originals/2014/May%207,%202014/IMG_0037.JPG
> >>
> >>
> file://localhost/Users/joecamp/Pictures/iPhoto%20Library/Originals/2014/May%207,%202014/IMG_0034.JPG
> >> On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 10:11 AM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
> >> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hey Joe...keep trying!  Would love to see. How much did it cost?
> >> >Chris
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Sent from my iPad
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> On May 7, 2014, at 9:30 AM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
> >> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> 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
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