[C320-list] C320-List Digest, Vol 5, Issue 48

[Ralph Winkler]

Ah!  Did you bring the wire through the port light at the top or bottom?  I 
possitioned the pod next to and at the side of the port light bottom and 
brought the wire in at the bottom.  No leaks!  yet anyway.

Ralph

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> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 18:44:11 -0500
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> Ralph - I did the same thing as you for the first 2 years.  The problem I
> had was that the portlight would not completely seal and water would come 
> in
> where the antenna wire exited the boat.  That is why I eventually went 
> with
> a hard install of a Marine XM antenna. - Allan
>
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> [mailto:C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Ralph Winkler
> Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 6:39 PM
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> Sandy,
> The xm package that I bought had the small black dome.  I double face 
> taped
> it just outside one of the port hatch windows and was able to hid the wire
> inside down to the nav station panel and the radio.  In one season I only
> had one person notice the antenna and ask about "the funny little thingy
> there".
>
> Ralph
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>>   1. Re: Turnbuckles (STINKIN GRINGO)
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>>   3. Re: FW:  Cutlass bearing (Rod Boer)
>>   4. Re: adding gxm 30 antenna (Sandy Olson)
>>   5. Genoa turning blocks (Larry Barr)
>>   6. Re: FW:  Cutlass bearing (Jeff Church)
>>   7. Re: Pushpit mounting (Steven Magennis)
>>   8. Re: adding gxm 30 antenna (Allan Field)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 12:13:06 -0500
>> From: bousum at webtv.net (STINKIN GRINGO)
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Turnbuckles
>> To: C320-List at catalina320.com (C320-List)
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>> Does anyone know who makes or sells the bronze turnbuckle bodys for the
>> shrouds? Thanks STINKIN # 711
>>
>>
>>
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 09:19:37 -0800
>> From: Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] New Boat....
>> To: "Catalina 320 List" <C320-List at catalina320.com>
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>> Remember, as Bob Bitchin says, "Don't dream the life, live the dream"....
>>
>> I'm lucky in that this just isn't something where I'm the only one who
>> wants to do it, my co-skipper feels the same way, she is just as excited
>> about it as me. I feel good in that I never had to talk anyone into do
>> this, she's the one who said to me about 10 years ago that we should get 
>> a
>
>> cruising boat, retire early and go to Mexico, the So Pacific and the
>> Carib...her only parameters is we go no further west than Australia, she
>> has no interest in the Indian Ocean, or Africa..
>>
>> cuba libre 2
>> --------------------------
>> Regards,
>> OD
>>
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>> From: C320-List-bounces
>> Sent: 02/25/2006 08:50 AM
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>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] New Boat....
>>
>> Orlandi,
>>
>>  You're going to be living my dream!
>>
>>  John (Sojourn645)
>>
>> Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com wrote:
>>
>> Well folks, just heard from my friend/dealer at Farralone Yachts--Roger
>> Frizzelle-that Catalina/Morgan 440 hull #35 will be cuba libre
>> 3....completion date is scheduled for 5/31/06 with delivery to the SF Bay
>> area a week or so later.
>>
>> The co-skipper and I bought it thru Roger due to our long friendship (he
>> is a former 320 owner and current owner of C470 #1-Di's Dream-and the 
>> fact
>> that he knows how to commission a cruising boat better than anyone I
>> know...
>>
>> After commissioning, the co-skipper and I will take offshore delivery and
>> sail it from San Francisco to Ensenada, Mexico where it will stay for
>> about 4 months at Coral Marina before it settles in at it's homeport of
>> Marina del Rey, CA
>>
>> It took a long time to get the hull # slotted because we ordered it with
>> an aluminum toe rail instead of the teak cap rail....
>>
>> We plan on retiring early and taking off for Mexico and then the South
>> Pacific starting in October, 2008...if you woud like to follow the 
>> voyages
>> of cuba libre, go to www.cubalibre3.net , pictures of the boat being 
>> built
>> and commissioned will be on display...
>>
>> cuba libre 2
>>
>> --------------------------
>> Regards,
>> OD
>>
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:28:36 -0500
>> From: "Rod Boer" <rod.boer1 at verizon.net>
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] FW:  Cutlass bearing
>> To: <kmielen at iwon.com>, "C320-List" <C320-List at catalina320.com>
>> Message-ID: <000701c63a41$acbfe420$2f01a8c0 at Rods>
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>> Hi Karl,
>>
>> I have approximately 500 hrs on my cutlass bearing.  The reason that I am
>> replacing it is that I discovered play between the bearing and the shaft
>> right before launch this last spring. It was only in the vertical
>> direction
>> which made me wonder whether the engine mounts needed replacing.  Since I
>> was going to pull the rudder to do that, I figured it might be a good 
>> time
>> to change to a stainless steel shaft so I had one made at a machine shop
>> in
>> Maryland.
>>
>> Rod
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Karl Mielenhausen _/) " <kmielen at iwon.com>
>> To: <C320-List at catalina320.com>
>> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 8:05 AM
>> Subject: [C320-list] FW: Cutlass bearing
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Great site Rod. Thanks for sharing.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Since my hull # is only 2 away from you, I must ask:
>>>
>>> Is there a specific reason you are replacing the cutlass bearing at this
>>> time, ie. noise, vibration, hard stop? or is it preventative 
>>> maintenance?
>>> How many hrs do you have on the current bearing?
>>>
>>> Do you anticipate the need to drop the rudder to do so?
>>>
>>> Thanks...
>>>
>>> Karl Mielenhausen
>>>
>>> 2000 C320 Hull#690 "Silver Lining"
>>>
>>> New Bern, NC
>>>
>>> http://members.cox.net/mielen/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Rod Boer
>>>
>>> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 19:32:18 -0500
>>>
>>> Subject: [C320-list] Cutlass bearing
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> For those that are replacing their cutlass bearing I found a good 
>>> source.
>>> I couldn't believe it when I went on the WM site and discovered that 
>>> they
>>> had jacked the price of the Trellex-Morse BLACKFISH cutlass bearing from
>>> $79.99 to $89.99.  I just ordered the same bearing from
>>> www.boatersdiscount.com for $40.14 plus shipping.
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
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>> Message: 4
>> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:40:53 -0500
>> From: "Sandy Olson" <Jams9191 at comcast.net>
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] adding gxm 30 antenna
>> To: "'C320-List'" <C320-List at catalina320.com>
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> Anyone have suggestions on where/how to mount this new antenna which
>> gives access to xm radio and weather?  I am thinking stern on portside
>> but unsure how to run the wire from there to the pedestal where the GPS
>> unit will be mounted. Do I need to drill into the boat (if so what
>> supplies would I need) and how do I get the wire into the pedestal?
>>
>> Sandy #466
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com
>> [mailto:C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of John Van Vessem
>> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 10:52 PM
>> To: C320-List
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Pushpit mounting
>>
>> What the heck is a pushpit???
>>
>>  John(Sojourn645)
>>
>> Dave Anderer <danderer at udel.edu> wrote:
>>  Does anyone know off-hand how the pushpits are mounted to the boat?
>>
>> I want to pull one off to mount a GPS antenna and run the wires
>> internally. There are just 7 screws, but what do they go into? If into
>> tapped plates glassed to the hull - great! If into individual nuts,
>> which then fall off and get lost between the hull and the liner - not
>> great.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Dave #642
>>
>> [By the bye, I finally have the new SS shaft installed. Solution was
>> finally to just let the yard do it. Took them about 4 hours to lift the
>> boat, drop the rudder, and install the shaft.]
>>
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>> Message: 5
>> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:11:29 -0600
>> From: "Larry Barr" <larry142 at cox.net>
>> Subject: [C320-list] Genoa turning blocks
>> To: "Catalina 320 List" <C320-List at catalina320.com>
>> Message-ID: <FNEHJNHLBDBKOMLIIGEEMEBFCIAA.larry142 at cox.net>
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>>
>> I am planning on replacing the turning blocks on my 2002 C320 from the
>> Lewmar to Gauhauer that have bearing. I looked today and found no access
>> to
>> the under side of the blocks where they are installed. My question is, 
>> are
>> the OEM blocks bolted on or tapped into a deck plate glassed into the
>> deck.
>> The blocks that I have to replace the current ones habe the same bolt
>> pattern.
>>
>> Larry
>> Great Scot #924
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
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>> Message: 6
>> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:29:05 -0600
>> From: "Jeff Church" <jjemail at comcast.net>
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] FW:  Cutlass bearing
>> To: "Rod Boer" <rod.boer1 at verizon.net>, "C320-List"
>> <C320-List at catalina320.com>
>> Message-ID: <002601c63a52$816c5e50$6401a8c0 at JCJG1>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>> reply-type=original
>>
>> Karl,
>>
>> If you need to replace the bearing, it can be done without removing the
>> shaft and rudder. A local yard should have a cutlass bearing puller and
>> charge about 1.5 hours labor. You can see a picture of one on the C36
>> site:
>> http://www.catalina36.org/association/TomSenatorsToolbox2.htm
>> I'm having mine done this spring. I've got 425 hours and the bearing is
>> already worn out. Maybe the PO never aligned the engine or ran it in a
>> very
>> silty area.
>>
>> Rod,
>> How much did the SS shaft cost? I might be tempted to replace mine since 
>> I
>> already plan to R&R the PSS seal to do the upgrade. With the cutlass
>> bearing
>> and shaft seal removed, maybe the shaft will come off without removing 
>> the
>> rudder. If not, I'll stick with the OE shaft.
>>
>> JeffC
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Rod Boer" <rod.boer1 at verizon.net>
>> To: <kmielen at iwon.com>; "C320-List" <C320-List at catalina320.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 1:28 PM
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] FW: Cutlass bearing
>>
>>
>>> Hi Karl,
>>>
>>> I have approximately 500 hrs on my cutlass bearing.  The reason that I 
>>> am
>>> replacing it is that I discovered play between the bearing and the shaft
>>> right before launch this last spring. It was only in the vertical
>>> direction
>>> which made me wonder whether the engine mounts needed replacing.  Since 
>>> I
>>> was going to pull the rudder to do that, I figured it might be a good
>>> time
>>> to change to a stainless steel shaft so I had one made at a machine shop
>>> in
>>> Maryland.
>>>
>>> Rod
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Karl Mielenhausen _/) " <kmielen at iwon.com>
>>> To: <C320-List at catalina320.com>
>>> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 8:05 AM
>>> Subject: [C320-list] FW: Cutlass bearing
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Great site Rod. Thanks for sharing.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Since my hull # is only 2 away from you, I must ask:
>>>>
>>>> Is there a specific reason you are replacing the cutlass bearing at 
>>>> this
>>>> time, ie. noise, vibration, hard stop? or is it preventative
>>>> maintenance?
>>>> How many hrs do you have on the current bearing?
>>>>
>>>> Do you anticipate the need to drop the rudder to do so?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks...
>>>>
>>>> Karl Mielenhausen
>>>>
>>>> 2000 C320 Hull#690 "Silver Lining"
>>>>
>>>> New Bern, NC
>>>>
>>>> http://members.cox.net/mielen/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: Rod Boer
>>>>
>>>> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 19:32:18 -0500
>>>>
>>>> Subject: [C320-list] Cutlass bearing
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> For those that are replacing their cutlass bearing I found a good
>>>> source.
>>>> I couldn't believe it when I went on the WM site and discovered that
>>>> they
>>>> had jacked the price of the Trellex-Morse BLACKFISH cutlass bearing 
>>>> from
>>>> $79.99 to $89.99.  I just ordered the same bearing from
>>>> www.boatersdiscount.com for $40.14 plus shipping.
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>> Message: 7
>> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 19:55:28 -0800 (PST)
>> From: Steven Magennis <magenns at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Pushpit mounting
>> To: C320-List <C320-List at catalina320.com>
>> Message-ID: <20060226035528.42561.qmail at web51115.mail.yahoo.com>
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>>
>> Pushpit is the correct name for stern pulpit.
>>
>> Steve
>> Alchemist #909
>>
>> --- John Van Vessem <jvanvessem at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>> What the heck is a pushpit???
>>>
>>>   John(Sojourn645)
>>>
>>> Dave Anderer <danderer at udel.edu> wrote:
>>>   Does anyone know off-hand how the pushpits are mounted to the boat?
>>>
>>> I want to pull one off to mount a GPS antenna and run the wires
>>> internally. There are just 7 screws, but what do they go into? If
>>> into
>>> tapped plates glassed to the hull - great! If into individual nuts,
>>> which then fall off and get lost between the hull and the liner - not
>>> great.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Dave #642
>>>
>>> [By the bye, I finally have the new SS shaft installed. Solution was
>>> finally to just let the yard do it. Took them about 4 hours to lift
>>> the
>>> boat, drop the rudder, and install the shaft.]
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> John Van Vessem
>>> Sojourn 645
>>> Vallejo Yacht Club
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>> Message: 8
>> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 10:30:13 -0500
>> From: "Allan Field" <Allan.Field at comcast.net>
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] adding gxm 30 antenna
>> To: "'C320-List'" <C320-List at catalina320.com>
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>>
>> Sandy - Following is a copy of a posting from about 2 weeks ago regarding
>> the antenna mounting.  The August 2005 Mainsheet has an article in the
>> C320
>> technical section regarding how to run wires to the binnacle.  I also
>> posted
>> pictures in the Sea Shadow album out on the C320 website.
>>
>> Dave - I mounted a GPS antenna and an XM radio marine antenna to the aft
>> stanchion, port side.  Here is what I did.
>>
>> I unhooked the 2 portside lifelines where they hook to the aft stanchion
>> with the pelican hooks.  Sitting down in the port side locker (the one
>> made
>> for a bicycle but not the bike rider!) I put a wrench on the nuts (there
>> are
>> at the base of the tube that the pelican hooks attach to.  I needed
>> someone
>> else topside to then back off the 3 bolts, using a large Phillips
>> screwdriver, while I held the nuts from below.  The 3 bolts pass through
>> the
>> tube base, then the deck, and then are backed with 3 large fender 
>> washers.
>>
>> Once these 3 bolts were backed off and removed, I was able to pull the
>> tube
>> away and from the boat and slightly down alongside the rubrail so as to
>> expose the underside of the tube base.  I then drilled a hole through the
>> deck.  There was no metal backing plate in the deck.
>>
>> At this point, one should then re-epoxy the hole then drill a new hole 
>> for
>> the antenna wires through the cured epoxy.  I did not do this.
>>
>> This is where the real fun starts.  Using a carbide drill bit (1/2-inch)
>> and
>> an electric drill, I drilled a hole into the tube base from the bottom 
>> up.
>> I have a portable scaffold so did this while standing on the scaffold 
>> next
>> to the hull.  Make sure you wear eye protection and good gloves as the 
>> S/S
>> shavings get very hot.  Drilling this hole at high speed took about 30
>> minutes of continual drilling.  The base is thick as is the steel.
>>
>> I then drilled 2 very small holes, just large enough to pass my antenna
>> wires through, into the stanchion where it runs parallel to the deck. 
>> The
>> first hole, for the GPS antenna, is about 6 inches back from the turn in
>> the
>> tube and the second hole for the XM is about 12 inches further back.  I
>> fished line up to the holes from the bottom and, using a surgical
>> hemostat,
>> stuck the hemostat into the holes to grab the line and pull it through 
>> the
>> hole.  From here on out, the job is easy.  Using the line as a messenger,
>> pull the antenna wires down through the tube base and into the deck hole,
>> slide the tube base back into position after a generous application of
>> sealant, get your helper back to work from either in the locker or
>> topside,
>> replace the bolts, nuts and washers, and run the antenna wires to
>> wherever.
>>
>> Hope this helps!
>>
>> Allan S. Field
>> Sea Shadow - #808
>> Columbia, MD
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com
>> [mailto:C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Sandy Olson
>> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 3:41 PM
>> To: 'C320-List'
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] adding gxm 30 antenna
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Anyone have suggestions on where/how to mount this new antenna which
>> gives access to xm radio and weather?  I am thinking stern on portside
>> but unsure how to run the wire from there to the pedestal where the GPS
>> unit will be mounted. Do I need to drill into the boat (if so what
>> supplies would I need) and how do I get the wire into the pedestal?
>>
>> Sandy #466
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com
>> [mailto:C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of John Van Vessem
>> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 10:52 PM
>> To: C320-List
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Pushpit mounting
>>
>> What the heck is a pushpit???
>>
>>  John(Sojourn645)
>>
>> Dave Anderer <danderer at udel.edu> wrote:
>>  Does anyone know off-hand how the pushpits are mounted to the boat?
>>
>> I want to pull one off to mount a GPS antenna and run the wires
>> internally. There are just 7 screws, but what do they go into? If into
>> tapped plates glassed to the hull - great! If into individual nuts,
>> which then fall off and get lost between the hull and the liner - not
>> great.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Dave #642
>>
>> [By the bye, I finally have the new SS shaft installed. Solution was
>> finally to just let the yard do it. Took them about 4 hours to lift the
>> boat, drop the rudder, and install the shaft.]
>>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 22:08:13 -0800
> From: "Adam Weiner" <esquirecatering at rcn.com>
> Subject: [C320-list] Am I the only one somehow screwed up, or is the
> system down?
> To: "'C320-List'" <C320-List at catalina320.com>
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> I have only gotten one message in about a week.  Am I the only one with
> problems, or is the system down?
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> Adam
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 23:22:50 -0800
> From: Jean-Pierre Salzmann <jps1031 at pacbell.net>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Am I the only one somehow screwed up, or is
> the system down?
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> Adam: it must be your system!
>
> Jean-Pierre Salzmann
> OM # 880
>
> On Feb 26, 2006, at 10:08 PM, Adam Weiner wrote:
>
>> I have only gotten one message in about a week.  Am I the only one with
>> problems, or is the system down?
>>
>> Adam
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 07:43:08 -0500
> From: "Stanley Rogacevicz" <SROGACEV at holycross.edu>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Genoa turning blocks
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> Larry,
>   I pulled mine last spring to move my winches aft. It always amazed
> me that Catalina would put such a high friction set of blocks in such a
> high load area. Those things belong hanging in a tree for a clothesline
> or dog run pulley.
>   Any way.... Yes they are tapped into a plate. The problem I had with
> mine was at construction time someone got a bit carried away with the
> bonding sealant - may even 5200 - because when I pried them off chunks
> of gelcoat came with them so take care. Hopefully you can cover up the
> possible mess with the Ball Bearing Garhauers.
> Stan
> (formerly) "Christy Leigh"
> c320 #656
> Wickford/Narragansett Bay RI
>
>>>> larry142 at cox.net 2/25/2006 4:11:29 PM >>>
> I am planning on replacing the turning blocks on my 2002 C320 from the
> Lewmar to Gauhauer that have bearing. I looked today and found no
> access to
> the under side of the blocks where they are installed. My question is,
> are
> the OEM blocks bolted on or tapped into a deck plate glassed into the
> deck.
> The blocks that I have to replace the current ones habe the same bolt
> pattern.
>
> Larry
> Great Scot #924
>
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