Hi Jeff, My understanding is that there are two traditional traveler positions for the main sheet and at least one more that I am aware of.
1) Across the companionway as you have it. I have not heard a lot of favorable comments regarding this set-up and it has been a long time since I have been on a C27 with that system so I will leave others to comment. 2) Aft cockpit traveler with the connection to a tongue at the end of the boom. I have this set up on my tiller- style C27 and it works great (the traveler itself is fairly new so that doesn't hurt). It is out of the way yet accessible and the main sheet responds well. A third layout that I have seen is on my friends wheel-style C27. They put a center cockpit traveler in just ahead of the binnacle. They like that because it is easy to access and works well. The only down side is that is does steal some room from the cockpit. If you have a tiller I would recommend the aft cockpit traveler. Brian Brian Sullivan Ballinderry USA#20820 --- On Thu, 6/11/09, jlenox225 <[email protected]> wrote: From: jlenox225 <[email protected]> Subject: [IC27A] Main sheet trim To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 10:29 AM I searched the forum and did not find any other posts regarding this issue. Does anyone else have trouble trimming and easing their main. I have mid boom sheeting to the original cabin top traveler. I find that the sheet binds up when I try to ease it under load and I need to assist it by feeding line from where the sheet enters the aft most block on the boom. When sailing to weather it seems like there is a significant load on the sheet when trimming which requires the use of the winch handle. I would even say that with the sails down, to fully sheet the boom amidships it feels a bit tight. It would seem that it binds somewhere in the turns from the winch to the turningblocks on deck to the 3 blocks which redirect the sheet to the traveler. I found that I had the same problem on my S2 27 which had a similar set up. It appears by looking at other C27s that this is the standard set up. I hope I explained this in a not too confusing manner. Thanks, Jeff
