Sorry for the misunderstanding. I was responding from memory. I haven't looked at the pictures in a year and I have been spending all my time refurbishing the Catalina 34. The block on the boom just aft of the gooseneck is throughbolted into the mast. You only have to remove the gooseneck for access. If I did it again I would just install a bail similar to the ones further aft.
Steve DeLange -----Original Message----- From: Joe McCary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 5:18 pm Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: Traveler sheeting Steve, I am sorry to stir up a hornet's nest, but I am about to start installing y traveler and your images are the most clear I have seen. The forward block hat I am questioning, what I am seeing in the picture may not be SS screws (my uess looking at a small detail in a large scale image) but I don't see how they ould possibly be through bolted with backup. The bracket looks like it is ounted on the underside of the boom. Could you share how you did that? Joe McCary eolus II #4795 est River, MD [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:catalina27- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 2:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: Traveler sheeting All the blocks are through bolted with backups. Steve DeLange -----Original Message----- From: "Sneddon, Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subj: RE: catalina27-talk: Traveler sheeting Date: Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:06 pm Size: 13K To: <[email protected]> Very wrong. The tension in the line is the tension in he line everywhere. The Harken Web site has some good data on block loads vs. line turning angles. he load on that block is almost 3/4 that on the traveler to boom blocks. Your ine should be the weak link, and if that block isn’t through bolted with backup plates, t is a potential disaster. http://www.harken.com/charts/blockloadvangle.php Keith Sneddon Chief Engineer (Normally I delete this stuff). Mechanized Systems Defense Systems Ph: 631-630-4092 Fax: 631-630-4244 Cell: 516-313-7420 e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [email protected] [mailto:catalina27- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 1:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Traveler sheeting I'm no engineer, but I would think it is. Its only purpose is as a turning lock. It doesn't have the same pressures as the ones between the boom and traveler. I had the original curved track traveler so I re-aligned my mainsheet ontrol to the traveler car. Now that I have the straight track travaler (Garhauer; antastic!), I don't need to keep it there but I still do. You should seriously consider adding a boom vang. The midboom doesn't hold he boom down quite as good as the end-boom. Your sail shape will be much better ith a vang. Bob -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Joe McCary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> As they say a picture is worth a million words (hey I am a photographer so tend to inflate the value of a photo a bit). The image I am referring to is: http://www.delanges.com/Catalina_27/images/Traveler_2.JPG Its from Steve’s website and shows his mid boom traveler. My rig will be lightly different, with double ended sheeting. The folks at Catalina Direct suggested run the sheet from the edge of the cabin top (near the handrail) forward to a pinnaker block on a spring then at a 45° to the first blocks on the boom and so on. In the mage above, while just single sided, he runs his sheet to the mast then down hrough a turning block then to a deck organizer then to the cleet. My question to teve was, it appears the block closest to the mast is held in position by a small stainless trap with just 2 sheet metal screws instead of a full through bolted bail on the boom, s this strong enough? Joe McCary Aeolus II West River, MD [EMAIL PROTECTED]  From: [email protected] [mailto:catalina27- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 12:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: Cruiseair on C27-alternative method Joe, you should have a boom vang running at 45* from the boom to near mast ase. Running the mainsheet across this same area then makes sense, plus eliminating ne block from the whole setup. I think you can see what I mean from pictures on my out-of-date website: mywebpages.comcast.net/sailrmann Bob Mann Windcatcher '85 #5928 ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com
