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Trapeze Sets
We wound up getting a bunch of stuff for our boat from Sailcare. They were the only ones who had the oddball pivoting sheave/cam-cleat combination that the jib sheet on the P-Cat uses, and we wound up cruising their catalog for other stuff as well.
Date: 06/15/2012
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Traveler Car
A closeup of the traveler car on the P-Cat. I'm almost certain the car itself is original. The holes where the blocks are attached had been wallowed out, so I repaired them:
First I potted them with West Systems epoxy and colloidal silica...
Date: 04/21/2012
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Traveler Closeup
A closer look at one side of the traveler. The line ties off on the bail of the block on the traveler car, passes around a sheave located underneath the traveler track, comes back through the block on the traveler car, and exits through a sheave and cam c
Date: 04/21/2012
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Traveler
The traveller on the P-Cat is a 3:1 with cam cleats about halfway in from each end of the track. The line runs through it in a loop. As the car is pulled across on one side, the line feeds back in on the other, keeping the deck fairly clear.
Date: 04/21/2012
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