Traveler line cleats

[Jeffrey Hare]

Hi,

As suggested by Jon Vez, I decided to correct a little problem with the traveler control lines on #17.  I suspect, but don't know, whether this affects later hulls as well. 

The angle the lines take to the cam cleats is not ideal. The lines were very easy to accidentally pop out of the jammer and allow the traveler to shift.  To make matters slightly worse, the lead angle makes re-jamming them a bit tricky.  I found that most of the time I needed to use a hand on the line behind the cleat to help push it down and into the jammers.

To solve that problem, I fabricated a new base plate out of 316 SS that allowed me to mount a bull's-eye fairlead right behind the cleat to ensure that the lines can be quickly and easily cleated or un-cleated with one hand.  

I'm using these fairleads.  https://www.westmarine.com/sea-dog--nylon-bull-s-eye-fairleads--P002_060_007_511

-Jeff Hare #17 Solstice 

Factory Setup:  

New Fabrication:

Dry Fitting:

[Jeffrey Hare]

Note that I drilled and tapped holes in the base plate for the bull's eye fairlead so no new holes needed to be drilled in the boat.

-Jeff Hare

[Bruce Toothaker]

Have had same problem. This is a really great way of fixing this annoyance. 

DIRIGO #97

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On Apr 21, 2022, at 2:24 PM, Jeffrey Hare <cata...@thehares.com> wrote:

Note that I drilled and tapped holes in the base plate for the bull's eye fairlead so no new holes needed to be drilled in the boat.

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