Hello,
We bought our J30 with a Harken windward sheeting not installed.
The old traveller doesn't work very well, so we are thinking of installing the windward sheeting.
But it seems more complicated than I thought.
First, the holes of the new track are not at the same place, too bad ! We must fill all the old holes and make new holes...
What do you use for filling holes ? Epoxy or gelcoat ?
Then, an other problem, the new harken traveller is bigger (wider) than the old one.
It seems impossible to put the new traveler track where the old one is, because the traveller is wider.
We must put the new traveller track upper than the old one.
Maybe we can remove the old track, fill the old holes, put a wooden part in the channel, then drill through the wood piece and the deck and bolt the new track onto the wood piece and deck.
But I wonder if this other solution is possible or not : maybe we use the old track instead of the wood piece. I try to explain : we can keep the old track, put bolts inside the old track, put the old track with bolts inside back in place in his channel, and screw the new track onto the old one.
Have anybody ever done that ?
Thanks !
Marie
Last edited by nemonaute; 06/18/12 09:25 AM.
