> I still cannot fathom why anyone would intentionally have a traveler forward >....
The traveler on windburn ( C&C 30-1 ) was moved forward to the cockpit seat aft of the companionway. I think a common factory install was just forward of the binnacle if so equipped. The factory position works well but tends to entangle crew working on the jib sheets particularly during a jib. With a bimini and dodger having the traveler on the cabin top is pretty common. When tacking single handed I drop the traveler just before the tack to a position that is slightly low for the next tack. I lose power from the main for a couple of seconds going into the tack but it lets me handle the jib which is the main driver. In moderate wind a tack takes about 15 seconds to get the jib over and pulling, another 30 seconds to build speed and trim in the jib and main. Anything over 12 kts with the 155% jib is work to get trimmed, lots of force to winch it in. On a main driven boat with a 110% fractional jib things are different. Some mains like the backstay and outhaul eased during the tack, a lot of trimming. That is not easy to do single handed if the lines are all over the boat and not accessible from the helm. Michael Brown Windburn C&C 30-1 Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 09:26:16 -0300 From: "Hoyt, Mike" <mike.h...@impgroup.com> To: "Josh Muckley" <muckl...@gmail.com>, <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List CNC 115 Shorthanded Sailers Message-ID: <4cdebb6b0f16c541ba8f985b72705d5419bff...@hfxexc02.impgroup.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Josh What is the cockpit layout of the 37+ in terms of winch placement, traveler, main controls, etc? I am curious because having just gone from a Tiller boat with mid cockpit traveler (toward aft of cockpit) and traveler and backstay and sheet all at traveler with jib sheets/primaries at forward end of cockpit I am finding the cruising boat layouts very awkward. With the tiller near the traveler the driver could also do main trim when sailing short handed and at very least has the main trimmer immediately beside for communication. Even on the C&C 99 and 115 the traveler is just forward of wheel which gives driver some access to main and very good communication with main trimmer. On our new cruising boat the traveler is on a bridge deck at companion way which places the main trimmer forward of the jib trimmer and makes short handed sailing and controlling the main much more awkward. I still cannot fathom why anyone would intentionally have a traveler forward .... So when sailing single handed with a wheel and a forward traveler how on earth can you tack a boat single handed? With two people I could see it, sort of. With one it seems that it would take 5 minutes to get the boat tacked and trimmed. Mike Frers 33 Persistence
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