Re: New member with a 1968 DS1
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 12:50 pm
thanks for the pictures. That is one sweet setup for a traveler. It's the most elaborate I've seen on a DaySailer.
It looks like your boat was sailed by someone who went in for some fancy controls. You should take it as a challenge to learn how to use them.
Clearly, the traveler is to be let out when you sail downwind, and with the additional purchase factor on your mainsheet, you may not have enough mainsheet to let the boom out all the way to the shrouds unless you allow the traveller all the way over - something you can try while you have her dry rigged.
Still don't see where your jib is sheeted (because the cleats that you tell me are for the jib seem to be the ones set up for the spinnaker).
It looks like your boat was sailed by someone who went in for some fancy controls. You should take it as a challenge to learn how to use them.
Clearly, the traveler is to be let out when you sail downwind, and with the additional purchase factor on your mainsheet, you may not have enough mainsheet to let the boom out all the way to the shrouds unless you allow the traveller all the way over - something you can try while you have her dry rigged.
Still don't see where your jib is sheeted (because the cleats that you tell me are for the jib seem to be the ones set up for the spinnaker).