Dear All,

Firstly I'd like to thank everyone who posted on the Traveller Subject as all the problems you encountered and solved helped make fitting my traveller much easier.

Now I've got a question regarding using it because my Wave is the only boat I've sailed so I have no experience of using a traveller. I think I can understand the theory behind how the Traveller works (but please correct me if I've got it wrong). It pulls down on the Clew to keep the sail tight (pulled down towards the stern) so keeping a better sail shape. Have I got that correct? So I’m wondering if I should still keep the mainsheet fairly tight, even when the sail is let out as far as it can go (when sailing Down Wind) so that the sail shape is still kept correct. Or will the traveller keep the right shape regardless of how much mainsheet I let out. I apologise for not explaining myself very well

Also, any tips on using the traveller would be extremely useful to me.

Regards, Tim