[Sonar] RE: Galveston team race and some advice from Steve Shepstone

Tue Feb 20 12:45:37 CST 2007

Well,  you can tell from the email activity that the weather is finally 
turning to spring.

The team race regatta  (3 boats to a team) looks like its pretty firm for 
the first weekend in April in Galveston Bay.     Right now it appears that 
we have 1.5 teams from WYC together.   We could probably use 3 other crew 
members.

Boats will be provided as well as there is a casita large enough to sleep 
9  (three teams) close to the YC.   The club has 17 Sonars.

As it looks right now,   we'll arrive on the 31st of March (Sat).    Sail 
April 1 and 2.         This fits with the typical MN spring break 
schedule.

Marty is willing to drive is van down and we'll probably put some sails in 
the van as well.     The van holds 9 but not sure if we'll fill it to that 
extent for that length of trip.

In turn for the boats,   we'll plan a team race event sometime during 
August or perhaps Sept with the Capri event and we'll provide the boats to 
the Galveston team.

We can talk more about this at our March 3 get together.

And now for something completely different...

If you look at the picture of Steve Shepstone's boat,   you'll notice that 
there is a re-enforcing bolt that goes from the bottom of the main sheet 
block pad attached to the traveller down through the bottom of the 
cockpit.    Steve was emphatic that this was a very important part of the 
system.     I know that I've been on a couple of Sonars in the fleet that 
have this pad which just gets the bejeebers torqued out of it in a heavy 
breeze without the reenforcing bar.    I'll find out where Steve got this 
piece since it appears to be an add on.    Not sure if it comes on the 
Ontario boats but I don't remember seeing it. 

Thomas Brown
"Maximizing Business by Minimizing Surprises"
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"Reding, Barth" <Barth.Reding at bestbuy.com> 
Sent by: sonar-bounces at lists.wyc.org
02/20/2007 12:23 PM

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RE: [Sonar] Split Traveller

A very strong and easy to untie knot suitable to the application being 
discussed is the double figure eight.  There are two ways to tie it, one 
with the loop free, the other with the loop through an object.

The easiest way is tying it free, Fold the line over on it's self about 6 
- 12 inches from the end.  With both parts tie a standard figure eight 
stopper knot leaving a loop on the end.

When tying it through something tie a single figure eight knot 6-12 inches 
up from the end.  Lead the line through the object then retrace the first 
figure eight with the bitter end so it looks like the knot tied above.

As with all knots it is vitally important to smooth and snug up the knot 
before use.

To untie, "Break the knots back" by pushing on curving parts of the knot, 
alternating from one end to the other.

See http://www.realknots.com/knots/sloops.htm  for pictures. (googled 
double figure eight knot)

Barth Reding 

From: sonar-bounces at lists.wyc.org [mailto:sonar-bounces at lists.wyc.org] On 
Behalf Of Mark Kochendorfer
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 11:06 AM
To: Henry Brantingham
Cc: sonar at lists.wyc.org
Subject: Re: [Sonar] Split Traveller

You can switch to 3:1 in light air by just disconnecting the end of the 
sheet from the block and then putting a stopper knot in it.  In heavier 
air you need a lot of strength or else put the end back for more leverage. 

Kevlar works fine.  I used Amsteel.  Perhaps it will get frayed after 4-5 
seasons.  Not that easy to adjust with a knot since it does not knot that 
well and it the knot tends to become permanent after a while.  Its pretty 
cheap for the small amount required. 

While in Geneva, I saw some pretty nice setups for the cleating of the 
traveler (split or not).  The one that I liked the best was a 3inch piece 
of aluminum angle with the cleat on it for cleating from the opposite rail 
and a second cleat on the cockpit side for same side cleating. 

Let me know if you need a photo.

Mark

On 2/19/07, Henry Brantingham <hbrantingham at isp.com> wrote: 
Sailors: 

I'm planning to install a split traveler system on Balderdash! this 
spring.  I have the article that Shepstone distributed during his last 
visit, so I think I pretty much know how to proceed, but I have a couple 
of questions that I though maybe you who have sailed with it already may 
be able to comment on: 
1.      The article recommends cutting back to a 3:1 main sheet.  Is this 
a good idea?  Do any of you have that now? 
2.      Wire vs Kevlar:  Seems Kevlar would be easy, but I'm not sure I 
trust it.  The article recommends it because you can adjust the length. 
Any comments? 
3.      Any other details I haven't thought to ask about? 

Thanks in advance for your comments. 

Henry Brantingham
(612) 867-3941

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