[Rhodes22-list] Windward sheeting traveler(Graham)

Mon Oct 5 09:25:01 EDT 2015

Jerry:
Nice picture of your mother. 
Thanks,
Graham

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Here is a mother pic
JL

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Sent: October 4, 2015 11:20 AM
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>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Windward sheeting traveler(Graham)
>>
>> 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>
>>  To: 'The Rhodes 22 Email List' <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>  Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2015 10:32 AM
>>  Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Windward sheeting traveler
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of The Rhodes 
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>> Sent: October 3, 2015 1:23 PM
>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Windward sheeting traveler
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>       From: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>  To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>  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:
>>
>>> 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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