by talbot » Tue Jun 07, 2016 2:35 am
I think we all get stuck in assumptions. Some DS boats (DS II and DS III) come with mid-boom sheeting, so we tend to think that's where the traveller has to go. And we think that travellers have to be rigid tracks with cars, because that's what they look like on most larger boats. There are benefits to mid-boom sheeting, and I know racers who like a setup like the one shown in the picture. But the traveller can be a soft line at the stern that easily clears the tiller and that adjusts with cams, just like the rigid ones. The split sheet is essentially a soft traveller integrated into the control line.