[C320-list] Spinnaker Crane

[Jeff Church]

After speaking to my neighbor about making me one I decided to live with 
good enough. In order to build a better single-bail crane I'd have to get up 
on a very tall step ladder in the boatyard to remove mine so he could use it 
as a template. While teetering up there I'd also have to do some measuring 
to figure how far forward to extend the new  bail. Material is another 
matter. It seems that all of the single bail cranes are made out of 3/16" SS 
plate and a 3/8" SS bar stock bail, instead of the 3/16" SS plate that mine 
is made out of. I don't know how well that will work with our masthead and 
whatever amount of overhang we will be dealing with. Will those materials 
give it enough strength? In other words, it's way too much hassle, too much 
work at the top of a 20 foot step ladder, and there is too much risk of 
having to do it over a time or two to get it right.

I also called the guy at Rig-Rite. He wasn't very helpful. He admitted that 
his C320 crane tends to bend, but insisted that it was a good design. He 
could be right, some cranes are pre-bent from the factory. He said he could 
make a single bail crane, but he wanted ME to give HIM the design specs, and 
the price he quoted was ridiculous.

Sometimes good enough is good enough.

JeffC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Stumpp" <bstumpp at comcast.net>
To: <C320-List at catalina320.com>
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 8:22 PM
Subject: [C320-list] Spinnaker Crane


> Around this time last year someone on the list was talking about making
> spinnaker cranes.  The only manufacturer around makes one with two bales
> (sp?) but I would prefer one with a single bale. Any body on the list 
> still
> thinking about making these?
>
> Bruce Stumpp
> Adventure, #647
> Frog Mortar Creek, MD
>


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