#338 will have a taller 'Traveler A-frame' as we will have STANDING headroom in the cockpit. Not sure what the outcome will be. Don't want the frame to be too rediculous!
But if you are going to keep the standard boom height, The traveler frame will be easier to engineer to sustain the "accidental gybe." Maybe some break-away feature could be factored in.
The Eclipse has NO blocks in the cockpit. This could be seen as a good idea.
Could argue if ANY improvement to sail set and boat control is really necessary. The traveler is like the rigid vang - you can do without it, but aren't you giving up a whole lot of tune to go back to what was befor ???
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