This spring I installed a Harken windward sheeting car traveler system on my boat. In most respects this has been a real improvement, but after using it for a season I have come to appreciate that the convenience it provides come with a real drawback that I have not heard any discussion of among the many endorsements of the windward sheeting system. The problem is that there does not seem to be any practical way of lowering the traveler once it has been raised to windward. If the wind picks up, or you simply adjust it too high, there does not seem to be any way to let the traveler back down. Has anyone discovered a way of doing this? or a good strategy for compensating for this drawback? I would have to say that this seems like a fairly serious drawback to the system and I am surprised there has not been any discussion of it.
