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Rigging Question - traveler --> bridle

Posted by John Ibele on 10/6/2008, 12:23 pm
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US6735 will be going back in the water next year with a new deck...done except for the tankside top panels which are the easiest. In scouring photos for current rigging direction, I decided its time to ditch the mid-boom traveler for a bridle. This was a traveler set up without a hoop, so lots of vang sheeting with this setup - to the point where the vang would go slack with the main anywhere near close hauled. I understand how a block could be placed on a bridle to allow 3:1, but it looks as though most boats don't show a block at the top of the bridle. Are most folks using 2:1, and if so, with a split main or with the mainsheet just terminated at the top of the bridle?

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Message Thread: Rigging Question - traveler --> bridle - John Ibele 10/6/2008, 12:23 pm Re: Rigging Question - traveler --> bridle - dwhite 10/7/2008, 6:55 am Re: Rigging Question - traveler --> bridle - John Ibele 10/8/2008, 9:05 pm Re: Rigging Question - traveler --> bridle - dwhite 10/9/2008, 9:53 am Re: Rigging Question - traveler --> bridle - John Ibele 10/12/2008, 9:50 pm « Back to thread

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