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Home. Association Forum Ships Store Cruising Racing Technical Tips Photo Gallery - New Boat Search - Updated Manuals & Brochures Swap Meet Links Officer Flag Line & Staff Bylaws & Constitution   Members Area Join the Association   Notice: The advice given on this site is based upon individual or quoted experience, yours may differ. The Officers, Staff and members of this site only provide information based upon the concept that anyone utilizing this information does so at their own risk and holds harmless all contributors to this site.	Bon Bon - Traveler The hardware for this modification is all Harken and was purchased through West Marine. The components include a pair of track risers, a 4ft high-profile midrange track, two traveler controls, a traveler car, two single blocks, one double block with becket, and three boom bails. As our boat has a pop-top, I needed to attach the risers outboard of the pop-top for clearance above the companionway hatch, I used beveled teak mounting pads. The risers were each attached using four - three inch long, 3/8 inch beveled head bolts with two inch diameter washers as backing washers, lock washers, nuts, and cap nuts. A silicone sealant was used in all the drilled holes and under the teak pads. This modification has removed the mainsheet from the cockpit, cleaning up the aft cockpit area and removing any danger of being clotheslined by the mainsheet. The traveler system is much easier to adjust and fine tune than the factory system. The only drawback is that to use the pop-top I must remove two pivot rods in the risers, which are held in by E clips. Also, I was able to move our bimini aft a foot since the mainsheet would no longer interfere with it.