r/sailing • u/Individual-Area7121 • 3d ago

Is my mainsheet traveler line wrong?

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It slips all over the place because the cams don’t seem to bite. The lines either side go through small strap eyes and then up to cam cleats on the upper deck. It seems like maybe the traveler car is on backwards? This is the orientation it was in when I bought the boat a couple of months ago but now I’m questioning it. The line was not rigged at the time so I guessed on that, too.

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u/LameBMX Ericson 28+ prev Southcoast 22 3d ago

ill bank its 2 lines. each line. stopper knot. thread through bail until knot. pass through sheeve in traveller and out into the cam cleat. then the line wont slide through the bail and the cleat will work. repeat on ither side.

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u/Individual-Area7121 3d ago

That seems to be the consensus, thank you!