[C320-list] Pushpit mounting

[Dave Anderer]

Well, I guess I can just run the cable up the outside and wrap it with 
duct tape.

Allan, seriously, that info is extremely helpful.  Looks like this will 
be a bit more work than I thought.



Allan Field wrote:
> 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
> 3) 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 Dave Anderer
> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 3:03 PM
> To: C320-List
> Subject: [C320-list] Pushpit mounting
>
> 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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