In a recent response Mike C. wrote: "My suggestion, if you purchase this boat (which if in good condition, you should) would be to either spend the $ for a traveller or do what I did and some others have done and put 2 cleats on the corners and run a line between them. Put a single block on this line and then put a fiddle block with becket/cam on it which will now be your new mainsheet. Add a short piece of line (2 ft) and attach that to the block. This will be a pig-tail which you can now tie off on the cleats to windward , allowing you to shapoe your mainsail much better than without it." I think I would like to re-do the mainsheet. But I'm a real beginner and I can't exactly understand Mike's description. I am concerned about the stress on the rear rigging with the Mainsail attached the the triangular plate. Does anyone have a diagram/picture? Or a simpler description of this set up. Thanks in advance...
Mainsheet Attachment (ref. reply from Mike C.)
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traveller system
Check out this site for a rear traveller on the daysailer http://www.bobhunkins.com/sttrvlr_121.PDF There are other articleson bob hunkins site as well. Click on the link below, and work your way through the pdf files.
Check out this site for a rear traveller on the daysailer http://www.bobhunkins.com/sttrvlr_121.PDF There are other articleson bob hunkins site as well. Click on the link below, and work your way through the pdf files.
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