[C320-list] Traveler issue
Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com
Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com
Wed May 17 06:09:12 PDT 2006
I put mine in a mesh bag and put into machine--cold water, a small amount of Tide, some softener and air-dry....
cuba libre 2
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OD
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From: C320-List-bounces
Sent: 05/16/2006 09:52 PM
To: "C320-List" <C320-List at catalina320.org>
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Traveler issue
Stan,
When you sugest "washing" your lines, do you use a washing machine, and
detergent or what?
CRA
Rosebud #882
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From: "Stanley Rogacevicz" <SROGACEV at holycross.edu>
To: <C320-List at catalina320.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Traveler issue
Russ,
If when you are close reaching, fall off a bit and drop the traveler to
leeward a bit and the slack lines on the leeward side of the traveler
imediately start to look like mating snakes I would suggest taking them home
and washing them. Even braided line will eventually 'take a set' or whatever
the term is if they are stressed the same way for years. You can see the
same thing on your mainsheet lines as they go through the blocks under the
boom - sometimes the lines develop such a burned in twist that the block
that is suposed to be vertical twists itself horizontal.
Stan... again...
I should re-word my previous post - It's not a "fix" but it gave me much
easier and quicker access to the lines to do the Push - Pull needed to keep
unwanted slack out of the traveler.
Stan
Russ,
I've only seen a couple different brands of travelers - but they are all
the same. My (maybe extreme) solution to fix that and the issue of slicing
my wife's neck as she lounges against the bulkhead was to move the lines out
around the dodger and back to cleats at the forward stanchion of the pushpit
(pictures on the web). I then had to step over those lines going forward but
the trade off was worth it to me - and my wife who could enjoy sailing the
way she wanted to - from the horizontal. I just figure that if I'm not agile
enough to step over a line then I have no business going forward any way.
Stan
(formerly) Christy Leigh
c320 #656
Wickford/Narragansett Bay RI
>>> russgm at yahoo.com 5/16/2006 1:24 PM >>>
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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