[C320-list] Rebedding the Traveler

[Charles Mueller]

Make sure that it is not the hatch that is leaking as I had that on my boat
and had to rebed the hatch.  

In regard to the Traveler, talk to Garhauer. I had a problem with my
traveler, in that it would tangle up if I didn't pull in all the line on one
side as I eased the other.  I talked to Garhauer at the Chicago Strictly
Sail show several years ago and they told me that they had made a design
change and would update my traveler at no charge.  I removed the turning
blocks on both ends, sent them to the factory, and got new blocks that work
perfectly.  Garhauer was incredibly supportive on a 10 year old boat, and
yours probably has the same traveler set-up.

Chuck Mueller
Northwind 
#676  (2000)

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Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 09:52:48 -0500
From: Scott Thompson <surprise at thompson87.com>
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My boat has developed a small leak around a bolt for the traveller into the
head compartment. It's prompting me to think that a project this winter
should be to remove and rebed the traveller. If anyone has tips for this
project I'd like to hear them. For example, how to remove the traveller, and
what else I should be doing as part of the same project. 
I've been a lucky man so far in that my boat has managed to avoid many of
the problems others have experienced with older boats. But it is time to
face the music on a boat that is 17 years old but still seems new to me.

BTW, has anyone replaced their traveller with a different design? I've
frequently been frustrated that the control lines jam.

Scott Thompson

Surprise, #653 (1999)