[quote=MN3][quote] It buys you a couple more inches of center when going to weather. Doesn't seem like much but with 190 some sq ft of sail it should make some difference.[/quote]
this is a big enough issue for many racers to use split travler ends and use separate eyestraps to be able to sqeeze out every inch of purchase to get closer to center.
i attempted this when i got my beams back from my welder and freshly painted with all the old holes welded up (i had cracks in my front beam and after repair and paint i asked to get my rears painted to match. welder found lots of corrosion and he told me my beams wouldn't have lasted much longer had i not taken that beam off for painting). i tried many different ways but just couldn't get it to work well enough for me to add 2 eyestraps (4 holes) to my new beams and hadn't sailed the boat in 18 months and was dying to get out
which brings up one "con" of having the travler mounted to the beam. more holes in your alum beam with steel bolts or rivets. now you have holes in the front and back and if your in salt water - this can lead to corrosion and a weak spot on legacy beams[/quote]
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