[quote=jaybird1111]Yes, you can sail like that. It was SOP for the 18 Squares of old. Randy Smyth once told my wife: "Just shackle the boom to the traveller..."
What happens when you sail that way is that instead of increasing camber by changing the sheeting as the gust hits, you drop the trav and immediately change the angle of attack. Recovery from the gust is faster. Playing the trav has become a lost art.
I believe, like the NACRA Squares, your 5.5 has an eyestrap in the center of your beam. Instead of just dead-ending your traveller line to that eyestrap, install a block. Dead-end the line, bring it to the traveller, back through the block and back to the traveller for a 2:1 purchase, and then playing the traveller becomes easier.<!-- editby --><em>Edited by jaybird1111 on Dec 16, 2014 - 07:12 AM.</em><!-- end editby --> [/quote]
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