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A Traveler’s Story
The Resourceful Sailor

A Traveler’s Story

Mar 29, 2025
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Article by Joshua Wheeler

What do you do when your aging sailboat hardware needs rebuilding or replacing? What if the manufacturers no longer make it or its components, or they no longer exist themselves? What if the modern designs don’t fit your boat? The Resourceful Sailor recently faced this dilemma with Sampaguita, a 1985 Pacific Seacraft Flicka 20, in Port Townsend, WA. Her vintage of Flicka came with a Schaefer round bar traveler that incorporated the 1-inch stern rail. While the stainless steel parts had stood the test of time, the thirty-six years of use and UV solar radiation had degraded the five small sheaves that were part of it. What was a resourceful sailor to do?

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