[C320-list] Mast Lowering While Underway

[Robert E. Sloat]

Joe-Welcome aboard.  This is a good discussion board.  Joining the Catalina
320
International Association gets access to its website and Catalina's
Mainsheet magazine which has a good technical section on all Catalina
models.   It comes out once a quarter, I believe.

Lowering and raising a 320 mast with a hinge arrangement for a 320 would be
very interesting, especially when underway. Wave action and wind could make
this a very exciting event.  Good luck.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Balla" <jballa at rpgcommercial.com>
To: "C320-List" <C320-List at catalina320.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 9:17 AM
Subject: [C320-list] WashDown Pump Install Questions...


> Hello All,
> I am new to posting on the list after having just taken delivery of a 1994
> C320 "El Encanto" here in San Diego's Mission Bay. I look forward to being
a
> regular contributor as I go through my modification wish list and begin
> implementing them.
> The first that may be of interest to a few of you is my need to
> "tabernackle" my mast. In order to navigate Mission Bay to my slip at
> Mission Bay Yacht Club, it is necessary to travel under a bridge. The only
> way to do this in the C320 is to hinge the mast at the step in order to
> lower it while going under. It is a rather commonplace modification here
at
> my YC and the process may interest some of you, so I will take photos and
> upload them with a narrative to the website as I proceed this coming
month.
>
> The reason for this post, however is that I am interested in installing a
> washdown pump with a hose bib to the anchor locker. I noticed photos on
the
> website but the narrative cannot be accessed presently and I cannot get a
> feel from just looking at the photos as to where the pump install was
> located and which intake through hull was used etc.
>
> If any of you with the earlier boats have any suggestions as to where the
> optimum placement should be, I would be most appreciative.
> Best,
> Joe Balla
> "El Encanto"
> MBYC San Diego
>
>
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