[Rhodes22-list] Windward sheeting traveler(Graham)

Sun Oct 4 21:45:50 EDT 2015

Graham,
On mine, about a foot up on the  backsyays there is a short length of stay
wire holding a two inch long collars that hold the stainless steel tube
that holds the sheeting gear. The short wires are crimped to the backstay
after being run through a hole on the top and bottom of one end of the
collar . On the other end of the collar is a 1/4" hole on the top ,which a
fast pin is dropped,after inserting the SS tube, with a matching hole ,
inside the collar.

Jerry Lowe

> Joe:
> Thanks for the response but my question wasn't clear. My traveller is not
> attached to the back stays at all. I was wondering what is needed to
> attach it there. I was wondering if I might take the track, attach it to a
> stainless steel tube and then work out some way to attach the traveller to
> the back stays. How are they attached now?
>
> Graham Stewart
> Agile. R22, 1976ays
> Kingston Ontario Canada
>
>
>
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> Graham:
>      The changeover is best made while your boat is resting up from a long
> season of sailing.  I took the existing traveler off and sent it to
> Stanville. There the General Boats craftsmen transformed it into the
> new version and sent it home again, where I tucked it away till
> sailing season then reinstalled it exactly like the old one. Then,
> "plop, plop - fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is," (AlkaSeltzer).
>
>      Moving the main from side to side in order to sail closer to the wind
> is a breeze (pun always intended). The boom will stay right where you
> put it.  I like to experiment with it, play around.  Hey, you're
> sitting on your ass anyway. Why not use the time to become friendlier
> with your boat, the wind and wonderful combination these two things
> produce: you as a sailor.  Ready about!  Hard to lee!
> Joe Camp
> Looking for a Pulitzer Prize
>
>
>       From: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
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>  Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2015 10:32 AM
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> Joe:
> What is involved in retrofitting the mew traveller to a boat that had the
> old standard deck-mounted traveller? I have the split back stay.
> Thanks,
>
> Graham Stewart
> Agile. R22, 1976
> Kingston Ontario Canada
>
>
>
>
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> Sent: October 3, 2015 1:23 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Windward sheeting traveler
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> To the traveller troubled:
>
>     Stan's new traveller design makes this operation a breeze and gives
> this amazing boat another card up its sleeve. (That's a metaphorical
> sleeve; boats don't have jackets with sleeves)  I find myself using it
> all of the time, compared to the old traveller, which I avoided
> unwrapping at all. My best advice is to buy this item... Spend some
> money at GBI and get Stan out of the natural food store and back into
> the business of building superior sailboats. (By the way, Stan does
> have sleeves, and they're loaded with surprise cards.)
>
> Joe Camp
> s/v John Dawson
> Bohemnia River, MD
>
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>       From: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
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>  Sent: Friday, October 2, 2015 4:49 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Windward sheeting traveler
>
> I don't understand your complaint. Mine and everyone I've seen sheet to
> windward.
>
> Rick
>
> Regards,
>
> Rick
>
> On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 4:17 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
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>> After many years of racing (and losing), hardware that I relied on and
>> would still enjoy using is a windward sheeting traveler. Perhaps in
>> the Rhodes 22 the stainless tube that connects the traveler and
>> backstay lines would need to be replaced with a custom bar that could
>> accommodate the ws traveler and backstays. I don't know.  In a
>> cruising boat it may be unnecessary fluff. Nonetheless, reaching to
>> adjust the traveler in both a breeze and a calm is a bit inefficient, I
>> think. Any ideas?
>>
>> --
>> Jay Marshall Weiss
>> Hanali R22
>> Poughkeepsie, NY
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