Typhoon main sheet traveller

[TY375]

I'm sure this question betrays the ignorance of the self-taught but what's a little foolishness among friends?

A previous owner of my Ty removed the fixed main sheet block from the aft deck and replaced it with a traveller that sits directly behind the eyebrow of trim on the aft end of the cockpit. It has a loop of line that runs from either side of the car, through a turning block at each outside edge & through a jam cleat. It's nicely done, with a contoured piece of teak as a base to fit the curvature of the deck but I rarely move it from the center position, and then mostly because I leaned on the line and accidentally pulled one side or the other out of it's jam cleat.

I have enough inertia that I probably won't change it (it falls into the "not broke" category), though it does bug me that the block flops around and bangs on the teak eyebrow whenever the sail goes slack. Anyway, I just wonder what it should be doing for me and how I should be using it.

Thanks in advance for the advice.

John

[Markst95]

Hi John- I'm surprised no one has chimed in yet. Basically if you pull in the traveler to windward while your close hauled it allows you to pull in the boom a little closer to center. For a run you can do the opposite and let out the traveller to leeward which should help keep the boom from rising as much. If your block is bouncing around you can add a spring which will keep the block upright.