julesmoto said..Azamagnum said..julesmoto said..I'm familiar with curved travellers in the horizontal plane but I have never seen one in the vertical plane as below on Austral Clubman 8s.
It seems to be a considerable effort to build something like this and I'm wondering if there is really any advantage. Easing the traveller would automatically ease the leach but then that is what the mainsheet is for.
Anyone used one?
the vertically curved trav is standard on the Clubman. But that one in your pic appears to have been modified and raised using those extra timber packers at each end. A bit odd ?
Yes I was wondering about that. I noticed the difference to others advertised and of course even more timber is a complete pain in the ass to maintain. It divides the cockpit even more and why would you need more room underneath.
Meanwhile couple more have surfaced in Victoria but I'm not sure I am up for another trip unless I am pretty damn sure they are good. The 2 in Victoria don't have any solar and don't even have a bow roller so presumably no anchors or fridge.
Most don't have bow rollers, they just have nice cast fairleads at the end of the toerail. Anchor would be in the locker.
Joker looks to have varnished the teak cockpit floor. Pretty sure this would be slippery when wet !!
Some add a refrigeration plate to the built in ice box.
There were 2 different models from memory. The delux model had another bulkhead next to the loo, which gave privacy to the v berth. Might have had leather interior and some other creature comforts too ?
Electric winch for keel is important, so is an electric trailer winch. Unless your are a body builder.
