I'm looking for some photos of a traveler sheeting system that has the cleat and pivoting guide eye mounted on the rear crossbar, such as the Inter-20 or Hobie Tiger. I'm proposing a change to the H-20 traveler that would allow this and need some pics to publish in the newsletter. I'd go take my own photos, but it's winter here and everyone has thier boats under wraps.
Thanks

In the pictures you see a Ronstan RF67 360 degrees swivelcleat (max 8 mm line) and this works beatifully. I use 6 mm line for my traveller and that is perfect for my boat and I-track traveller rail (F16). I can't imagine any boat no matter how big the mainsail would go over 8 mm line. (25.2 mm = inch so do the conversion yourself)

Also note that the foot piece for the cleat is nothing more than a standard 3 mm alu extruded L section (not anodised, that is not really needed) that you can buy at your local hardware store. One side of it was bend and hammered into the beam shape by the builder. It used (from memory) 3 monel rivets to keep it into place. I'm quite satisfied with the end result.

I hope this helps.

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Steve,

Actually the N20 cleat is on the traveler car itself - there's no mount on the rear beam. The Nacra F18 is the same way. The N6.0 has the rear casting on the rear beam where the pivoting cleat is firmly mounted (Like Wouter's pics above). I too am in the process of changing my F18 over to a center mounted traveler cleat because I just like the feel better.

Hum, that's strange. All the boats in the OBX had the cleat mounted on the rear crossbar.

Wouter,

Do you have a closeup like the lower shot, but showing the traveler and sheet routing?

Sorry Steve,

I never realized that it would be of interest to people. Also my boat is in winterstorage right now. Will be out in I think 4 weeks.

Anyways the bottom picture shows all there is to see. The rest is exactly the same as the system you have now, but with the cleat removed from the car.

Wouter

And that's why I was surprised my F18 had the traveler mounted cleat when nobody seems to like it! And from what I understand, the Nacra6.0 casting, that everyone had been using to change theirs over, is no longer available.

yeah the way the I20's traveller cleat is rigged is horrible IMHO. I just wasn't sure it was class legal to convert it to the centered cleat style.

It is class legal to convert it however you wish.

It's just that you never know where your cleating or leverage angle is going to be at any given time. With the center mounted cleat, it feels more reliable and solid.

Steve,

Since it's my magazine you're hunting these photos for, I'll go ahead a take a picture of my Tiger's set-up. That way I can get what I'm looking for and you're not e-mailing me a 4Mb file.

Matt

it also jams the car less on the track.

Wouter

I couldn't have said it better. That's exactly why I'm proposing the class-legal change for the H-20.