[Rhodes22-list] Andrew Collins and his Fallow Traveler

[Mary Lou Troy]

Assumptions, assumptions! How do you know that most Rhodies do not 
use their traveller? In the interest of clarity - I don't know 
whether they do or not. You could be right.

We do use our traveller. We like fiddling with the controls and 
seeing what we can do to improve performance. The traveller is a 
great tool and I would encourage everyone to unwrap those lines and 
try it out. There's nothing particularly mysterious about it. It just 
increases or decreases the twist in the sail. It is easier to use 
with a continuous line but you don't have to replace the existing 
lines - just tie the two loose ends of the existing line together so 
that it is one continuous line.

Mary Lou
1991 R22  Fretless
Rock Hall, MD


At 02:19 PM 9/24/2008, you wrote:

>Andrew:
>
>Most Rhodies hardly use their traveler.  Peter Thorn recently posted
>modification to his R22's Traveler.  His modification is in part based on
>his use of a traveller for racing.  If you do not race, do not worry about
>not using it.  Just ask Captain Rummy.
>
>Years ago a Rhodie from Tennessee, aka, Wally Buck, devised a simple way to
>make the traveler easier to use.  Instead of two separate lines as boat
>comes from Stan, Wally replaced both with a single line.  I made this
>modification and found that I would occassionally now use the traveler.  The
>single line modification works if you must use the traveler.
>
>Ed K
>Greenville, SC, USA
>att http://www.nabble.com/file/p19654894/encounters.jpg encounters.jpg
>achment:
>
>
>Andrew Collins-2 wrote:
> >
> > Ben
> >
> > I too object to not knowing how to use the traveler, hence it lies fallow.
> > Maybe another sailing course will help me unravel its mysteries and reap
> > the
> > rewards in knots.
> >
> > After what seemed like two months of the doldrums, I got in a couple of
> > hours of hull speed sailing on Monday, with 4' swells on LIS, no less. The
> > steady east wind created unusual conditions.
> >
> > Anybody else getting out?
> >
> > Andrew
> > sv Carmen
> > On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 12:44 PM, Robert Skinner
> > <Robert at squirrelhaven.com>wrote:
> >
> >> Ben,
> >>
> >> Perhaps it is best to allow Ed the use of his native tongue.
> >> That makes it easier to filter, and for those who choose to
> >> scan his rants, it helps them assess the credibility of the
> >> message.
> >>
> >> The quality, inventiveness, and quantity of name-calling is
> >> an amusing study for those who have already figured out what
> >> is going on.  For the rest, spinning bull crap is no
> >> substitute for real knowledge, and there is so little of
> >> that available that the contest has degenerated into a
> >> beauty contest on both sides.
> >>
> >> Nobody is about changing minds here.  It is all wishful
> >> thinking, roaring, knuckle dragging, and chest pounding.
> >>
> >> /Robert
> >>
> >> Ben Cittadino wrote:
> >> > Dear Ed;
> >> >
> >> > First, you date yourself when you use the term "fellow traveler".
> >> Nobody
> >> > has used that expression since 1953 or so.  It was one of Joseph
> >> McCarthy's
> >> > favorite epithets.  Back then it was cause to bring a libel suit.  Now,
> >> as
> >> > then it's a taunt of fearful men who  think everyone who disagrees with
> >> them
> >> > is a commie.  I take exception to your use of the term "fellow
> >> traveler"
> >> to
> >> > describe me or anyone else on this list. I want you to cut it out.  Got
> >> it?
> >> >
> >> > The term "Rockefeller Republican" describes those members of the
> >> Republican
> >> > Party who considered themselves socially liberal, fiscally
> >> conservative,
> >> and
> >> > strong on defense. It was used in the '60's to differentiate moderate
> >> > Republicans from those supporting Barry Goldwater.  Olympia Snow of
> >> Maine
> >> is
> >> > still considered an example of that school of thought.
> >> >
> >> > Cheers!
> >> >
> >> > Ben C.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Tootle wrote:
> >> >> Ben:
> >> >>
> >> >> Henry Paulson said the other day he was a "Rockefeller Republican".
> >> >>
> >> >> Since you said that once you were one, before you became a 'fellow
> >> >> traveler', explain what they are?  were?
> >> >>
> >> >> Ed K
> >> >> Greenville, SC, USA
> >> >> Attachment for Ben about Philidelphia Bridges...
> >> >>  http://www.nabble.com/file/p19638028/cameras.jpg cameras.jpg
> >> >>
> >> >
> >
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