[Rhodes22-list] Estimated Cost Of A Harken Traveler System

Tom Van Heule tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com
Mon Mar 29 20:24:57 EDT 2021


And I don't mean to be competitive or anything.  I have the GB setup that
Stan designed and I love it.

On Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 6:39 PM Tom Van Heule <
tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com> wrote:

> Fwiw.... I live like across the way from Harken. Within 10 min from HQ and
> their home.
> If people want to get a group buy I can probably arrange.
>
> I am happy with my current rig, but happy to champion.
>
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 6:34 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> The only other system I’m aware of that sort of matches the GB 29
>> Traveler is the Harken Windward Sheeting Traveler System.  For the sake of
>> discussion, I have priced out the pieces/parts to build such a Harken
>> system.  Note: This estimate assumes you have the old 2nd generation
>> traveler so you can mount the Harken track onto the bar, have the mounting
>> sockets on the backstays, and you have the necessary tools and skills to do
>> the assembly yourself.
>>
>> Part No    # Reqd  Units   Description
>>                                         Price/Unit    Total Price
>> 2745             1        Each    Small Boat Windward Sheeting Car, 22
>> mm                     $575.75         $575.75
>> 2740             1        Pair      Single Sheave Track End Controls, 22
>> mm                        $264.25         $264.25
>> 2720.1.5M   1        Each    22 mm X 1.5 m Low-Beam Track
>>                           $97.60           $97.60
>> 446                1       Pair      22 mm Low-Beam Line Sheading End
>> Stop                         $13.20          $13.20
>> 2722              1       Pair      22 mm Low Beam Track Trim Caps
>>                               $17.20           $17.20
>> Hardware    15      Each     #10-24UNC X 1.25 316 SS, Flat Head Machine
>> Screws       $0.54             $8.10
>> Hardware    15      Each     #10-24UNC Barrel Nuts
>>                                     $1.40           $21.00
>> Rope             20      Feet     5/16 Inch OD X 20 Ft Sta-Set Polyester
>> Yacht Braid            $1.21           $24.20
>>
>>         Total Not Including Tax, S&H, Or Assembly       $1021.30
>>
>> All of a sudden, Stan’s price of $495.00, fully assembled, for a GB 29
>> Traveler, starts to look pretty attractive!
>>
>> Roger Pihlaja
>> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
>>
>> Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
>> Windows 10
>>
>> From: stan<mailto:stan at generalboats.com>
>> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2021 10:55 AM
>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] GB Notice re the latest traveler system
>>
>>
>> *Please note.  Re the new Rhodes traveler, which is a holistic designed
>> operational system that functions in conjunction with the new outhaul
>> car configuration and the proprietary cut IMF mainsail:**
>> **
>> **1.    Per attachment:  No knots.  No Cleats.  One simple continuous
>> control line whose force needed to move it, is controllable with one
>> simple adjustment.**
>> **
>> **2.    That the **_part number_**on the ROC parts site
>> <www.rhodes22parts.com<http://www.rhodes22parts.com>>  is  GB29  (there
>> is no number or letter after
>> the 'GB'.**
>> **
>> **If you purchased this version traveler from General Boats and have any
>> questions, please contact me direct at <stan at generalboats.com>**  If you
>> purchased your boat from another source that has had its traveler system
>> "improved" by a prior owner, we are not in a position to be of help. If
>> you have found another system, (i.e. Harken) that is*/less costly/*for
>> its total needed parts and */simpler to install /and/handle/*, we would
>> very much appreciate its part number and hearing your take on what makes
>> it the better way to go, with an eye to using it with new and recycled
>> Rhodes in place of our current system.
>> **
>> **thanks,
>>
>> stan
>>
>> ***
>> On 3/29/21 9:10 AM, ROGER PIHLAJA wrote:
>> > Rick,
>> >
>> > It’s hard to tell for sure from this photo.  But, I don’t think this is
>> a GBI 29 Traveler.  My control lines don’t have any knots in them.  Do you
>> have a close up picture of the traveler car?
>> >
>> > Roger Pihlaja
>> > S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPhone
>> >
>> >> On Mar 28, 2021, at 12:42 PM, Rick Lange <sloopblueheron at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Roger,
>> >>
>> >> Here's some of it.  You can see a cleat and the knot of the control
>> line
>> >> ends tied together.
>> >> [image: ATT00010.jpg]
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> Rick Lange
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 9:00 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Rick,
>> >>>
>> >>> In all the dozens of posts in this thread, someone said they were
>> busting
>> >>> their knuckles on their traveler.  I don’t remember who.  I remember
>> asking
>> >>> what they were hitting their knuckles on.  I don’t think I ever got a
>> >>> response.
>> >>>
>> >>> Can you post a picture of your traveler?  From your last post, it
>> sounds
>> >>> like you don’t have a GBI 29 Traveler.  Rather, you have a 2nd
>> generation
>> >>> traveler modified with cam cleats replacing the OEM standard jam
>> cleats.
>> >>>
>> >>> Roger Pihlaja
>> >>> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
>> >>>
>> >>> Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
>> >>> Windows 10
>> >>>
>> >>>
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