[C320-list] Rebedding the Traveler

[Denny Browne]

Have you considered making the traveler line continuous? The lazy end takes up the slack from hauling in the working end. Or that's the theory. Haven't actually tried it. 

Denny Browne
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> On Nov 11, 2016, at 3:14 PM, Scott Thompson <surprise at thompson87.com> wrote:
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> Good suggestions. On Surprise the occasional drip of rusty water is coming from the bolt right over the front of the sink in the head. That's a traveler bolt. Could leaks in the hatch hood direct water to that location?
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> I will talk to Garhauer. Tangling and jammed traveler lines has been a source of frustration for me ever since I bought the boat. I thought that replacing the lines last year would help, but it only made a small difference.
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> Scott
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>> On 11/10/2016 6:54 PM, Charles Mueller wrote:
>> 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)
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