[Rhodes22-list] Traveler setup

[Jeffrey Camiel]

Thanks for helping clarify. 

Actually my question was entirely open ended cause I have no clue what I am doing with this. lol. 

I do have end caps on the backstays.  I am doing mast raise this weekend. 



> On Jun 19, 2025, at 7:11 AM, Todd Tavares <tavares0947 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Mike,
> The picture you posted (like the original poster's picture) shows the end
> caps on the removed traveler. I thought the end caps were captured on the
> backstays.
> How does your traveler attach to the backstays if the end caps are not
> captured...meaning the backstays do not run through holes in the end caps?
> I think this is also Jeffrey's original question.
> 
> Todd T.
> 
>> On Wed, Jun 18, 2025, 6:26 PM Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> This is how it should look (from "da list" archives):
>> http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/2021-May/088137.html
>> 
>> or
>> 
>> http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/2018-May/081969.html
>> 
>> Mike
>> s/v Wind Lass ('91)
>> Nissequogue River, NY
>> I’d rather be sailing :~)
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of
>> ROGER PIHLAJA
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 5:22 PM
>> To: The Rhodes Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Cc: The Rhodes Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Traveler setup
>> 
>> Hi Jeff,
>> 
>> The traveler bar does not connect to the stern pulpit.  When the mast is
>> stepped, look at the wires on the double backstay.  About 3’ up from the
>> deck, you should see a stainless steel socket on each backstay.  The
>> traveler bar inserts into these sockets and is held there by fast pins.
>> This traveler design has many advantages:
>> 
>> 1.  It’s readily at hand for the helmsman, yet out of the way of cockpit
>> traffic.
>> 2. Mounting the traveler on the backstays provides a sort of shock
>> absorber in case of an accidental crash jibe.
>> 3. The control lines can be preset to the desired position prior to coming
>> about.
>> 4. With 2:1 power, the mainsail can be quickly trimmed.
>> 
>> Once you’ve used it, I think you’ll like it.
>> 
>> Roger Pihlaja
>> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
>> 1978. Sanford, MI
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>>> On Jun 18, 2025, at 4:40 PM, Jeffrey Camiel <forg3d at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> How the heck does this trailer connect to the stern pulpit?  And what
>> hardware is needed?
>>> 
>>> Or is there a newer one I can buy?
>>> 
>>> Or have most folks modified and put a track in forward of the stern
>> locker?
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>> 
>>> Jeff
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