Suitable for loads up to 4,000 pounds, the rugged Garhauer traveler can span areas up to five feet without support.

Weighty and solid, this new mainsheet traveler offers strength, performance, and redundancy at an attractive price.

Garhauer Marine is a name that has appeared in these pages with regularity over the years, and in almost every instance those references carry adjectives like “robust,” “sturdy,” and “economical.” One of the latest products from this Upland, Calif., company—an established manufacturer of blocks, line organizers, vangs, and other deck hardware—is the Unibody Mainsheet Traveler. Unibody (UB) is the term company president Bill Felgenhauer and his colleagues have given to their line of gear in which the principal components are machined from solid pieces of metal (See Unibody Blocks, “Chandlery,” PS, Nov. 1, 2004.) This…