[C320-list] Traveler issue

[Chris Burti]

Our later model travelers come with cam cleats on the
control lines. If you are bringing the boom up you are
pulling on the windward control line and no attention
is required of the leeward line except to release it.

If you fail to cleat the leeward line after bringing
the boom up on a tack, the traveler car will slam down
after your next tack and if the wind is high enough,
the slack in the lines can create an ugly jam.

If you are adjusting the  boom down a little, no
problem. Down a lot, the traveler may hang on the
lines if you don't bring in the leeward line because
they are double blocked and can generate a lot of
slack.

A continuous line that was short enough to let one of
the cam cleats control both sides would not offer
enough purchase to properly trim the boom on breezy
days. I have found that when the wind gets up above
about 25 knots, it is all that I can do to trim it
without the winch and I am a husky boy.


--- David J Gleason <djgleason1 at juno.com> wrote:

> I am confused by Chris's description.  If you are
> pulling in on one side,
> the other side is feed out.  How could this create a
> bunching up of the
> lines.  I think what Chris is describing is the
> slack side lines bunching
> up when tacking or gybing without keeping tension on
> the old tension
> side.
> 
> To help alleviate this problem, along with keeping
> excess line out of the
> cockpit, I use a continuous line.  I have one piece
> of line with each end
> tied to one end of the traveller car.  There is a
> loop that hangs down to
> the cockpit floor, so we can step over it without
> tripping.   I have
> found it easier to handle rather than using a much
> longer piece on each
> end of the car.
> 
> Dave Gleason
> Proud Mary, #150
> 
> 
> On Tue, 16 May 2006 10:53:03 -0700 (PDT) Chris Burti
> <cburti at yahoo.com>
> writes:
> > Russ,
> > I a bit confused, but then that is typical for me.
> 
> > 
> > I haven't experienced this nor can I visualize it
> > happening. The only time I have the traveler
> control
> > lines bunch, is when I gybe or tack without having
> > snugged up the leeward line or occasionally when
> > letting out the boom to leeward after swinging
> > downwind from a close reach.
> > 
> > In the former instance a quick tug on the leeward
> line
> > before going back to the helm avoids problems on
> the
> > next tack. In the latter, it isn't too difficult
> to
> > keep the leeward side tensioned as you are
> releasing
> > the windward side. It isn't an issue often enough
> for
> > me to have considered a work around.
> > 
> > 
> > --- Russell Monaco <russgm at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > >     I assume I am not the only one with this
> > > problem:
> > > To use the traveler, you need to keep tension on
> one
> > > side as you pull in the other, otherwise you get
> > > lines bunched up on the traveler.
> > > The design of the traveler i beleive causes
> > > this...Has anyone come up with a way to avoid
> the
> > > traveler line getting caught up?
> > >    
> > >   Russ Monaco
> > > 
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Chris Burti
"Commitment"
Catalina 320, #867, 
Farmville, NC

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