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OJ
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Initially Posted - 07/14/2013 :  10:07:52  Show Profile
After researching specs, collecting hardware from various sources, lots of careful measuring for holes, we finally tried our new traveler yesterday (just aft of the companionway.) I personally view this as a very positive modification.

No more jockeying for position and asking the mainsheet sheeter to move out of the way of the tiller when tacking.

The foresail sheets and mainsheet are now located in the same area - sheeter can remain in the forward portion of the cockpit.

3:1 blocks for moving the traveler car - car adjustment is a breeze.

No more aft mainsheet twanging ears, glasses, hats or noses.

Controlled gybes are easier for the sheeter to execute.

Having the mainsheet and traveler in front of the novice skipper can serve as a teaching tool - he/she can better observe the whys and hows of mainsail handling.

Yeah, we have to raise our feet a couple/three inches higher when entering/exiting the cabin - but we adapted quickly (no scraped shins yet!)

For the class racer, we left the aft hardware in place.

I found myself pondering why Frank Butler didn't build the C25 like this and assume it was because of cost. This was not an inexpensive project.

1989 C25 TR/WK, #5822
1973 McVay Minuet 19
1975 Jester 12
1981 C25 SR/SK, #2428
1981 C22 SR/SK,
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Edited by - OJ on 07/14/2013 10:17:41

panhead1948
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Response Posted - 07/14/2013 :  12:21:56  Show Profile
can you post some pictures
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OJ
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Response Posted - 07/16/2013 :  10:27:30  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by panhead1948</i>
<br />can you post some pictures
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Sure Kevin, as soon as I get the new mainsheet and traveler control lines so it looks nice and <i>purdy!</i>
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Response Posted - 07/17/2013 :  03:47:31  Show Profile
Congrats!.. More roomy when running the engine? Nice to feel like you don't hafta look back to trim.

A change of pace has gotta be fun. More room for the gimballed drink holder aft
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Response Posted - 07/17/2013 :  08:05:51  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by redeye</i>
<br />Congrats!.. More roomy when running the engine? Nice to feel like you don't hafta look back to trim.

A change of pace has gotta be fun. More room for the gimballed drink holder aft
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Less congestion in the aft and of the cockpit overall. Actually looking forward to trying it in breezy conditions predicted for Saturday.
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awetmore
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Response Posted - 07/17/2013 :  10:54:17  Show Profile
Our Pearson has it located there and I agree that it is superior location.

The bridge deck on our Pearson is higher and the traveller is embedded into the seating. It would be nice if the Catalina 25 had been made the same way, so that the traveller could be moved there easily.

Having it on the transom isn't so bad, but they could have at least made a decent length track. There are various ways to run the transom mounted traveller controls forward in the cockpit without moving the traveller itself.
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