Winston29
Active Member
I found this in an archived thread.
28" seems like an awful lot to me. Right now my traveler is set to about 18" and my boom is parallel with the boat/railing.
I fear if I increase that by an additional 10", the clew end of the boom will be higher than the tack end, and by quite a bit. Ten inches higher.
To be honest, I only just found out about setting it lower when the winds are stronger, so given I've only gone out on my 14.2 in winds above 15mph, I hope mine is set correctly.
I did tie knots on either side of the block, though I think at about 6", they may be a little too far apart.
I'm just curious what height other members have their travelers set to, and if it results in the clew being noticeably higher than the tack? I haven't seen that in pictures.
Since the foot of the sail is at a 90 degree angle to the luff, it seems like 28" would result in the pressure on your mainsail always being severely slacked.
I should add that if I did set my traveler to 28", and I cranked down on the mainsheet, my two blocks would collide before the boom came down to where it is now.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Since the main-sheet must be trimmed tighter as the wind increases, the traveler height must be reduced.
An approximate light air traveler height is 28", which is measured from the top of the stern to the apex of the traveler bridle. .
28" seems like an awful lot to me. Right now my traveler is set to about 18" and my boom is parallel with the boat/railing.
I fear if I increase that by an additional 10", the clew end of the boom will be higher than the tack end, and by quite a bit. Ten inches higher.
To be honest, I only just found out about setting it lower when the winds are stronger, so given I've only gone out on my 14.2 in winds above 15mph, I hope mine is set correctly.
I did tie knots on either side of the block, though I think at about 6", they may be a little too far apart.
I'm just curious what height other members have their travelers set to, and if it results in the clew being noticeably higher than the tack? I haven't seen that in pictures.
Since the foot of the sail is at a 90 degree angle to the luff, it seems like 28" would result in the pressure on your mainsail always being severely slacked.
I should add that if I did set my traveler to 28", and I cranked down on the mainsheet, my two blocks would collide before the boom came down to where it is now.