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I had an opportunity to sail on two boats of the same hull in the last
few weeks.  One had a three-point system (two multi-purchase blocks -
about the same hardware as a vang - secured to the opposing ends of the
cabin roof and the end of the boom), and the other a traveler, for the
main.

The surveyor likes the three-point, saying that's all they use on the
serious racers, as it gives a great deal more control to the sail shape.
Indeed, the boat seemed to sail better, even in lighter winds, to me,
with him trimming, than the one with the traveler.  Everyone else,
though, seems to prefer the traveler.

Anyone here who has had one and changed to the other?  If so, why the
change, and what did you think of it?

Any strong opinions formed out of OPB (other people's boats') experience
any of you can share?

(We're considering purchasing a boat which has a minimal - perhaps 3
feet - traveler mounted inside the boom gallows and are pondering either
a full-length cabin-top traveler or three-point system to replace it.
It also has a preventer which, I suppose, could act as a 3-point when
downhauled over the genny traveler rail...)

Thanks.

L8R

Skip and Lydia, inching closer to our purchase

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you
didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail
away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore.
Dream. Discover."   - Mark Twain


-- 
"And then again, when you sit at the helm of your little ship on a clear
night, and gaze at the countless stars overhead, and realize that you are
quite alone on a great, wide sea, it is apt to occur to you that in the
general scheme of things you are merely an insignificant speck on the
surface of the ocean; and are not nearly so important or as self-sufficient
as you thought you were.  Which is an exceedingly wholesome thought, and one
that may effect a permanent change in your deportment that will be greatly
appreciated by your friends."- James S. Pitkin