Mike,
The picture you posted (like the original poster's picture) shows the end caps on the removed traveler. I thought the end caps were captured on the backstays.
How does your traveler attach to the backstays if the end caps are not captured...meaning the backstays do not run through holes in the end caps? I think this is also Jeffrey's original question.

Todd T.

On Wed, Jun 18, 2025, 6:26 PM Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com>
wrote:

> This is how it should look (from "da list" archives):
> http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/2021-May/088137.html
>
> or
>
> http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/2018-May/081969.html
>
> Mike
> s/v Wind Lass ('91)
> Nissequogue River, NY
> I’d rather be sailing :~)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of
> ROGER PIHLAJA
> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 5:22 PM
> To: The Rhodes Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Cc: The Rhodes Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Traveler setup
>
> Hi Jeff,
>
> The traveler bar does not connect to the stern pulpit.  When the mast is
> stepped, look at the wires on the double backstay.  About 3’ up from the
> deck, you should see a stainless steel socket on each backstay.  The
> traveler bar inserts into these sockets and is held there by fast pins.
> This traveler design has many advantages:
>
> 1.  It’s readily at hand for the helmsman, yet out of the way of cockpit
> traffic.
> 2. Mounting the traveler on the backstays provides a sort of shock
> absorber in case of an accidental crash jibe.
> 3. The control lines can be preset to the desired position prior to coming
> about.
> 4. With 2:1 power, the mainsail can be quickly trimmed.
>
> Once you’ve used it, I think you’ll like it.
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> 1978. Sanford, MI
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jun 18, 2025, at 4:40 PM, Jeffrey Camiel <forg3d at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > How the heck does this trailer connect to the stern pulpit?  And what
> hardware is needed?
> >
> > Or is there a newer one I can buy?
> >
> > Or have most folks modified and put a track in forward of the stern
> locker?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Jeff
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