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BF,
I may be the lone discenter here, but I sailed a boat for a while with that and hated it. I was always smacking my shin on it and tripping over it everytime I wanted to go forward to trip the main. It makes single handling more burdensome. Think about going to weather and someone sitting in the seat close to the trav and having to manuever around them and it.
I realize the benefits of having it there, but the tradeoffs were not worth it to me. But I do not race and prefer a more liesurely sail - thus prefer cabin top. The difficulty with the cabin top is that to adjust it, you have to go forward. You could consider extending the lines to make it more accessible from the back of the cockpit.
Just some thoughts. Hope you are doing well. I still owe you a call.
- CD
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