ALAN_PROBYN
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Iwant to fit a m/sheet traveller to my hunter duette .The rub is i want to make it easily removable when not sailing to free up space in the cockpit.Has anybody done this on their boat?
Mainsheet traveller
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ShipsWoofy
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It might be worth posting this one on the PBO forum, more akin to home made solutions on there.
If it was me, I would bolt the traveller down to a nice sturdy beam and work out a method of holding down across the cockpit benches, prolly using quick release clamps like on packing trunks, or wing nuts to mate with bolts pushed up from inside the lockers.
Have a feeling after a few dismantles including the main sheet blocks you will end up leaving it in place like everyone else does.
Just a thought....
If it was me, I would bolt the traveller down to a nice sturdy beam and work out a method of holding down across the cockpit benches, prolly using quick release clamps like on packing trunks, or wing nuts to mate with bolts pushed up from inside the lockers.
Have a feeling after a few dismantles including the main sheet blocks you will end up leaving it in place like everyone else does.
Just a thought....
Rob_Webb
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On a previous boat the traveller itself was in the cockpit but the mainsheet block was attached to it via a snapshackle - hence when not sailing I could unclip it and relocate to either the toerail or one of the stanchion bases, tacking the boom over to one side and removing the mainsheet from the cockpit. The traveller itself was no hazard left behind.
jamesjermain
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Hunter themselves produced a removable mainsheet traveller for the Sonata.
It would be worth contacting Select Yachts, who now build the Hunter range, to see if they can help: Rock, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 6NT, Tel: 01208 862666, www.selectyachts.co.uk
It would be worth contacting Select Yachts, who now build the Hunter range, to see if they can help: Rock, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 6NT, Tel: 01208 862666, www.selectyachts.co.uk
dickh
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The Jaguar 24 had an arrangement with a wooden beam holding the traveller slotted into wooden slots fixed to the side of the footwell. All secured with a couple of brass shoot bolts. Very simple, quick and easy to remove and replace.
graham
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The mainsheet track on my Anderson 22 is on a substantial beam that bisects the cockpit.
I would not want to remove it as it supports the cockpit table in harbour and stops the crew getting under the helmsmans feet when tacking.
When I first bought the boat I considered making it removable but now find it no problem and dont bang my shins on it anymore.
IMHO the beam is much better than a track on the bridge deck which makes me nervous with kids aboard of them tripping and falling down the companion way or getting tangled during tacking/gybing.
If you do make it removable ,personally I would make U shaped hardwood blocks bolted to the fronts of the cockpit seats but fit them upside down so the shoot bolt holds the beam in place but doesnt take the load from the mainsheet.
I would not want to remove it as it supports the cockpit table in harbour and stops the crew getting under the helmsmans feet when tacking.
When I first bought the boat I considered making it removable but now find it no problem and dont bang my shins on it anymore.
IMHO the beam is much better than a track on the bridge deck which makes me nervous with kids aboard of them tripping and falling down the companion way or getting tangled during tacking/gybing.
If you do make it removable ,personally I would make U shaped hardwood blocks bolted to the fronts of the cockpit seats but fit them upside down so the shoot bolt holds the beam in place but doesnt take the load from the mainsheet.
lockwood
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The traveller on my Jaguar 22 is on a horse attached to the transom. This gives a nice open cockpit with no risk of decapitation. It works fine for me - but I haven't had experience with other travellers.
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