Moving Traveler to Coach Roof from Aft of Tiller

[BobE]

Either I'm getting senile or not doing what I thought i did .. <g> Ok, the game plan is to get the mainsheet traveler from behind the tiller post (lazarette height) and onto the coach roof over the companionway or forward of the companionway. We have seen other sailboats with what looks like a 3 block arrangement to make it doable.Anyone done this, know someone who has, is Hunter Marine free and easy with advice drawing of tis sort; structure string enough for the added stress(es)??Thanks, Bob Es/v Second Nature

 

[Ed Schenck]

Have studied this idea for H37C.

Early H37Cs like mine have end-boom sheeting with the traveller on the bridge deck. I have looked at a few where it was moved to the cabin top. One used a very nice Garhauer traveller built for that location. Another used the original traveller mounted on teak blocks. But neither boat has any special reinforcement at the attachment points. They are just thru-bolted to six inch square s/s backing plates. On my boat these would have to be visible on the headliner. You can examine almost any boat in the marina to see how the mainsheet is attached to the boom.

 

[Brent Morgan Shallcross]

thats how its been done on our boat!

that is the setup for our 83' H27!would a picture help?Morgans/v Bubbles

 

[Rusty Liscoe]

Mainsheet traveler

I removed the factory set-up on my 80' 27' (which was terrible) and installed a traveler (Garhauer)on top just forward of companionway. Since I race the boat this improved performance greatly. Also added ridged vang(Garhauer) for the light air days, dual jib halyars, spinnaker halyard and replaced the factory roller fuller with a Harken fuller. Moved cockpit winches to cabin top for the storm jib and added track to cabin top for the cars. When with larger two speed winches(Lewmar 40)in cockpit and re-powered with a Perkins 20, which gave me all the power I need .