MVD wrote:
Anton,
What were you trying to accomplish by installing this complex system? I have to agree with Yoh, the stock system works just fine. I don't see any reason to change it.
I have thought about changing mine up a couple times... I have tried the grommets in the tramp and didn't really care for it...
My main problem is from one tack to the next very often the trap wires are a tangled mess making for even more time popping out on the wire.. If the trap handle was always returned to the same spot I think it could make popping back out double trapped after a tack much quicker... I also often run into situations where we tack.. the crew pops out and a gust hits... I go to hike or something in conditions just between single and double trapped and find the trap wire right behind me... Or whatever...
The secondary problem is right now the line on my trap is either to long or to short.. The shock cord attaches to this line in such a way the 'knot' has to pop in and out past the side rail making things less than smooth.. This should be an easy fix (yet I never seem to get around to it)... I would guess the best solution would be to make the shock cord 'longer'...
I have thought about the systems that double the length of the shock cord under the boat.. but I am afraid it will just put me dragging along further behind the boat..
The fixed point systems work well on stuff like a H18... and that is barely more than 7 feet of shock cord in the returned position... As far forward as you often have to trap on a H18 I can't imagine a H16 would be much worse..
Oh... and in a related thought... The jib traveler cars on my 2005 H16... I dunno why I never thought of this before, but I noticed it on a fleet members boat... I had always rigged it with one piece of shock cord ran behind the dolphin striker post connecting the two cars... It has always been a game of fine tuning the amount of return pressure while still being able to travel both cars all the way outboard to keep things simple for the crew... The boat he just purchased had a piece of shock cord running from each car to the corner casting on the opposite side of the boat.... Well... duh... It works great!