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Old 01-31-2008
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Originally Posted by wchevron View Post
i was at the boston boat show a few weeks back and noticed the hunters have the traveller mounted on a stainless pipe arch over the cockpit. just wondering how this setup works. was thinking of building one for my catalina 30. any thoughts.
What attracts you to this idea - do you want to get the traveler out of the cockpit? If so, a less experimental way to do so would be to go to mid-boom sheeting and mount it over the cabintop. You can run the sheet aft on the side-deck if you worry about single-handling.

If you really want an arch, I'd have a naval architect design it for you, or you could end up with a mess.
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