[Rhodes22-list] Repositioning the mainsheet traveler

[Peter Nyberg]

Tom,

The only concern that comes to mind is whether the aft pulpit will interfere excessively with mainsail sheet when sailing on a broad reach or downwind. 

Mainsail sheeting on the Rhodes 22 seems to be an area where all solutions have significant downsides.

--Peter

> On 2024-04-11, at 18:17:30 EDT, Tom Hyatt wrote:
>
> A question to the group from a novice Rhodes owner.
> 
> I have a 1978 Rhodes that did not come with any sort of traveler or mainsheet 
> system. I built my own traveler using guidance from a number of smart people on 
> this list. I mounted it on the backstays in the way most all Rhodes 22s that I 
> have seen have it mounted - a little above chest level in the slot along the 
> stays where there is a second bit of wire rope clamped in.  In principle, it all 
> works fine. However, to get to the outboard controls is almost impossible. I 
> have added a tiller extension to the handle but still, that is awkward. The 
> traveler as it is positioned does not allow me to get close to the stern either 
> for starting the motor or managing the motor tiller. 
> 
> Today I toyed with the idea of doing away with the bar traveler altogether and 
> installing a short rail along the stern in the way a Catalina 22 is configured. 
> That would cut down on the length of the traveler and diminish its usefulness 
> but would do away with the awkward bar that keeps me from having easy access to 
> the stern and motor controls. Of course, I would lose most of the ability to 
> raise the rudder tiller but I think I could live with that. 
> 
> BUT THEN ... I got the idea to just lower the traveler bar to just above the 
> stern deck and use stay clamps to hold it in place along the stays. In this 
> manner, it is totally out of the way but still would function in the way it 
> would if it were higher up. I will need to lengthen my mainsheet but that's 
> about the only alteration it seems that I need to make. 
> 
> I am open to any information, suggestions, experiences, etc that any of you can 
> offer. I am about to put my boat in next week and can certainly live with the 
> configuration as I have seen it, but would love to improve it so that I can more 
> easily get to and control my outboard and make better use of what seems like 
> wasted cockpit space. 
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Tom Hyatt
> S/V Eliza Jane 78
> Baltimore, MD
> 
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