Traveler fabrication
Hello Josh, As to the snow, more on the way today,what a drag, looks like spring is delayed thanks to mother nature. Well for the making of the traveler, I first made one out of wood using 1x3 scrap lumber just to see how thigs would line up for clerance to the back stay, tiller and outbord motor. After many different configurations I finaly came up with one that seemed to work in terms of the three items, tiller, backstay and motor. Then I purchased aluminum stock for the project, 1# pice of 4'x 2-1/2 x 3/4 box tubing and 1# pice of 2-1/2x 1/4 inch flat stock. All of the pices where cut to the approximate scale of the wooden mock up. Templats for the base of the end posts where traced onto carboard by placing the carboard onto the parts of the transom where the base plates would rest. For plates where cut two for the ends of the posts and two for backing plates that would be on the underside of the transom. Then I went to a local welding shop that specialized in aluminum welding, cost of $30.00, done! Now the fun starts, installation time. More of that later, time to go, snow is getting deep, need to put the dam plow on the truck! Over ond out from the snow bound sailor,AL
