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Post by corksailor on Oct 18, 2011 20:30:34 GMT
Anybody tried to fit the sunfast 35 traveller to a Sun Odyssey 35.Would love to have the mainsheet controls back in the cockpit?Also apparently the Sun Odyssey 35 cannot take a back stay tensioner??
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Post by MartyB on Oct 18, 2011 21:13:10 GMT
YOu CAN fit an SF 35 traveler in the cockpit, and YOU CAN fit a back stay tensionor to your SO model no matter the size if it did not come with one. The big difference btween the older SO/SF models, is typically a shorter mast for SO's/ ie less SA, middle and shoal keel option vs a deeper keel and lead in the case of the SF37 vs iron, back stay tensionor, line control genoa car controls, bigger winches in many case also on the SF vs SO models. Sails were dacron/SO vs dac/mylar tri radial design on the SF models. A few of the differences. If you look at the more recent "i" models that have the "P"erformance line, also similar differences. Altho the mast heights were reduced usually to 1-2' taller vs 3-5' for the older models. The most recent 379/409/439 from what I can tell, only include the sails, winches, back stay, genoa cars in the P option. mast hieght and SA appears to genearlly speaking be the same, except one or two has a 135 genoa instead of a 110(example)
Marty
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Post by flightdeck on Oct 18, 2011 22:33:29 GMT
have you looked at running the German main sheet system, then there will be no cockpit traveller to step / trip over.
Cheers
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Post by davideso37 on Oct 21, 2011 13:16:11 GMT
On my SO37 when we fitted a taller mast and longer boom we put a single block on the floor of the cockpit in front of the wheel steering. I have left the cabin mounted traveller so that we can pull the boom to the centreline and we rely on easing the main for gust control.
Initially I had a 4:1 purchase on the floor so that we could use the boom end sheeting for gust response but there was in my opinion just too much rope swinging across the cockpit in the gybes. We did some serious damage to a crew member when all that rope picked him up and landed him on the opposite side of the cockpit so I took the 4:1 off and now just have a single block on the floor. With the single block there is just two strand of the mainsheet swinging across the cockpit in the gybes. Also the crew like to control the main from the cabin top winch as they are looking forward to the oncoming gusts. Since we simplified the mainsheet we have been very happy with the racing performance.
The main now runs along the boom to a block leading to the cabin traveller, back to a block on the boom and then to the boom end, down to the floor and back up and tied on the boom end.
For short handed cruising I can bring the last fall back to a 4:1 on the cockpit floor if I feel the need to be able to release the main from the wheel station.
Now I needed the boom end sheeting because of stresses on the boom of the larger sail area and longer boom. Otherwise I would have been happy to leave the traveller on the cabin top where it is much safer for racing and cruising and does not get in the way of the bimini dodger infill panel.
Regards
David
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Post by rvink on Nov 21, 2011 17:42:06 GMT
On my SO34.2 we fitted a single block on the cockpit floor with cam cleat and a 4 to 1 purchase connected to this block as a fine tune. The end of the sheet is not connected to the traveller but to the fine tune block. This gives extra power for the last part when sailing close hauled. Trimming the main is now very easy and subtle.
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Post by ianqv on Dec 7, 2011 7:23:44 GMT
On my SO37 when we fitted a taller mast and longer boom we put a single block on the floor of the cockpit in front of the wheel steering. I have left the cabin mounted traveller so that we can pull the boom to the centreline and we rely on easing the main for gust control. Initially I had a 4:1 purchase on the floor so that we could use the boom end sheeting for gust response but there was in my opinion just too much rope swinging across the cockpit in the gybes. We did some serious damage to a crew member when all that rope picked him up and landed him on the opposite side of the cockpit so I took the 4:1 off and now just have a single block on the floor. With the single block there is just two strand of the mainsheet swinging across the cockpit in the gybes. Also the crew like to control the main from the cabin top winch as they are looking forward to the oncoming gusts. Since we simplified the mainsheet we have been very happy with the racing performance. The main now runs along the boom to a block leading to the cabin traveller, back to a block on the boom and then to the boom end, down to the floor and back up and tied on the boom end. For short handed cruising I can bring the last fall back to a 4:1 on the cockpit floor if I feel the need to be able to release the main from the wheel station. Now I needed the boom end sheeting because of stresses on the boom of the larger sail area and longer boom. Otherwise I would have been happy to leave the traveller on the cabin top where it is much safer for racing and cruising and does not get in the way of the bimini dodger infill panel. Regards David Hi David, Do you have any pics of your extended rig and set up? Cheers Ian |
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Post by pelo80 on Mar 7, 2017 23:09:54 GMT
I would like to do the opposte. Install the so35 triveller in my sf 35. Have you pic or detail ?
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