I just bought myself a horse, doesn't anybody use a traveller? You know, that thingy sliding along said horse?

P.S.: I know of the loss of Easy Go but why delete the account, have I missed something?

I love looking at the pictures of Robin Knox-Johnston's Suhaili when he came home in 1969 with rust streaks all over. If you're not going all yacht with varnished mahogany, polished brass,white slacks and blazer, then it's not a real ship without the rust.

We built the horse for Easy Go from some rusty old steel tubing found behind a barn. It was meant to be temporary but as it seems to be strong has become permanent. There is a picture of it in the Easy Go pictures with the windvane, radar reflector and stern light also attached. The horse was primed with epoxy primer and is standing up to the test of time. It is lag bolted to the sheer. The blocks are lashed to the horse and have not been changed in about six years.  The simplicity of the lashing allows for some adjustment. A couple of years ago I wrapped the horse with cord in and painted it to give more protection from the elements.

I have posted a photo to the technical forum illustrations showing Badger's mainsheet horse.  It was fitted into stanchion bases, epoxy-bolted to wooden bases glued to the bulwarks.  The horse was made from 18mm stainless steel tubing and had a flat welded on to it for attaching the blocks.  Dead simple and dead effective for 100,000 miles.

I think David is on the money here, Gary.  I have posted another picture of my mainsheet system which shows similar struts.  My set up is probably not ideal either - I wonder about upward forces, but had to work around existing structures.  It shows no sign of movement so far but I have only sailed in 25 knot winds so far.