Posted by Mike Field on April 03, 2010 at 15:15:05 user mikefield.
In Reply to: Re: Swallow now and then posted by John Nichols on April 03, 2010 at 07:18:55:
I agree with you, John, that the rope traveller shown in the picture I posted is too tight, and might stop th sheet crossing over the tiller when going about. But this is just a question of rigging which would be solved if it were slackened off a bit.
I suspect you were referring to the difficulty of fitting the rudder while on a beach -- which I agree can be a problem if it's deeper than the dinghy's keel (as Swallow's is. It was because Aileen Louisa spent her life in a mud berth that, with heart in mouth, I took 3" off the bottom of her rudder to bring it up to keel level.)
But Swallow's tiller is a very simple slot-over-stock affair that would present no difficulty in fitting once the rudder was mounted, the traveller being present or not.