[Rhodes22-list] Traveler Try-out

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Stan,
 
Must be reruns, Ed Sullivan went off the air years ago. Are they still in  
black and white?
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 5/8/2014 4:45:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org writes:

Dear  Rhodies, it is true, we have been tinkering with a better 
traveler.   No one has ever liked the separate lines. So at the fall 
Annapolis show we  showed an endless line system.  No one liked the 
clutches at both  ends.  So we played with the end locking system but no 
one liked  having to unlock one side before shifting to the opposite 
perch.  So  we went to sleep and dreamed about the one mast hoist we had 
built with a  worm gear winch, which ended up the usual way - waking Rose.

As most  know, the Rhodes traveler mounts to the stays.  Weird.  So the  
new Rhodes traveler is at home, with its clutchless, endless control  
line where the sag in the control line is lance cleat set to an  
individual skipper's comfort level.  With nothing to lock there is  
nothing to unlock.  Simply choose your swivel seat and put the main  
sheet car where you were taught it should be.  It is idiot  proof.  
Unless car moves because you are in too high  even-for-a-Rhodes winds.  
Then it is not idiot proof.

Only the  prototype picture on the web so far:  
http://www.usedrhodes.com/newsystuff.html

Price:    first  one, $5,000    sold to GB.
Second mass production run of 5 got  price down to $3,000,  4 of which 
went to to GB, the 5th was given  away due to lack of buyers.

Current availability:   C of S  community members:  Factory installed on 
your 5' ss traveler  tube:  $395  free S&H

that's not all I have to say about  that but have to go watch the Ed Show.

stan




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!
>>

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