Posted by John Nichols on September 10, 2003 at 21:45:08 from 165.91.196.181 user Mcneacail.
In Reply to: Re: Travellor & sail controls posted by Ross Cossar on September 10, 2003 at 21:25:11:
The pictures of the Swallow shown in Captn Flints trunk shows AR holding the sheet in his hand as he shows in the drawings in SA, SD and PM. I find it hard to believe that one could hold 100 sq ft or 10 square metres of sail. But that is what the photograph shows - there is no doubt.
The boat in the SA movie had a more conventional system with a rope traveller on the stern, and a sheet that came from the boom to hand and not to the keel and then up as is more common now.
The travellor I was referring to was the mast traveller, Mike Field sent me a sketch - which I will put on my web site as soon as I have a minute.