mainsheat risers

[wmacken]

Does anyone know what the fiberglass risers are made of? I'm wanting to drill holes through them to run lines back from the mast. I have an Oday 28

 

[agprice22]

Can you see the underside of the risers from inside the cabin? Which risers do you mean? For the traveller track? Do you have a picture? On my 272, there are two sets of risers: one set for deck organizers and one set for the traveller track.
Both sets are molded and hollow inside. I did redrill mine to mount new organizers and to mount new riser-extensions for my new flat traveller track. There is a metal plate inside the risers for the traveller track.

Thanks,
Andrew

 

[wmacken]

Yes they are the traveller track risers and the underside in the cabin only shows three bolts.

 

[agprice22]

Can you show a photo? I doubt they are solid. You could probably drill a hole and glue or epoxy in some tubes to let lines run through, but you might be creating a likely source of tangles.
Why do you want to do this?

 

[agprice22]

My main sheet ran forward through a standing turning block and then through a deck organizer and back to a clutch. It was a poor design, so I replaced the blocks with a 4:1 fiddle setup with a cam cleat facing aft. I now control the main sheet from the center of the cockpit directly above the traveller car. It works great. Maybe that would work for you?

 

[wmacken]

I will try to take a pic this weekend.

 

[wmacken]

I forgot to take a picture but when I drilled through the main traveller risers I found that they are filled solid with a blue-green clay like material, I am going to glue in pvc pipe and run my lines through to rope clutches, When I am done I will post picts,