klin0295
New Member
So last winter I picked up a new Rooster "Standard" Carbon Tiller (Not the ILCA one) and I also spliced a new traveler for my 2001 Vanguard Laser. The Traveler is New England ropes STS-WR2 (I had read that those don't stretch and are resistant to wear). My previous set up it replaced was the stock vanguard aluminum tiller and a Vectran traveler.
I didn't get out much this past summer, but I noticed with tacking and gybing, the traveler block really gets hung up on the tiller. Something that really didn't happen as frequently with my aluminum one. I was under the impression that with the lower profile carbon tillers the traveler blocks move over the tiller much easier. With my traveler I try to get it as tight as possible as well. It even gets hung up on the tiller in heavier breeze as well.
I am just wondering, if this is a product of the "no stretch" STS-WR2 traveler and I should go back to something like Vectran? Or is it the tiller? It looks like the tiller sits really high above the traveler cleat. Or a combination of both? I feel I need to put downward pressure on the tiller to get the blocks to hop over. Any help or insight is greatly appreciated.
I didn't get out much this past summer, but I noticed with tacking and gybing, the traveler block really gets hung up on the tiller. Something that really didn't happen as frequently with my aluminum one. I was under the impression that with the lower profile carbon tillers the traveler blocks move over the tiller much easier. With my traveler I try to get it as tight as possible as well. It even gets hung up on the tiller in heavier breeze as well.
I am just wondering, if this is a product of the "no stretch" STS-WR2 traveler and I should go back to something like Vectran? Or is it the tiller? It looks like the tiller sits really high above the traveler cleat. Or a combination of both? I feel I need to put downward pressure on the tiller to get the blocks to hop over. Any help or insight is greatly appreciated.