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I would be concerned about chaffe attaching it to the hiking strap. You might consider lengthening your traveller line and attaching your stern retreival line to the traveller block. You could slack the traveler so that the block hung over the stern of the laser when the boat wast stored. The traveler should be plenty strong. When you are ready to sail just pull the traveller back in.I would not use the gudgeons becasue they are not designed for that kind of load and alignment of the gudgeons is important for proper function of the rudder.
The traveller fairleads are not thru bolted into the deck, the gudgeons are... which would you choose..
Scott, On my boat, a 1999 vintage, the gudgeons are screwed into the transom with machine screws - but I do not think they go into anything metal.Two of them loosened up a couple of years ago. I drilled the holes a little larger, and filled them with epoxy resin. Nice and solid now. Did I miss something?
I'm wrong...but one would assume (never assume anything) the gudgeons would be stronger then the traveller...Either way there is really no "good" way to attach a Laser, fore or aft to a mooring...Keep it on the dock..
if you wanted bow first storage you could keep the bottom section it and take the line through the bow eye first and then tie a bowline ( the knot not the actual bow line) to the mast. It works for sure strength wise, I get towed that way!
ChalmersP