[C320-list] Pushpit mounting

[Jeff Hare]

Geeze Guys,

     When I did this job to install the GPS Antenna and wire in my 
stern seat speakers, I'm surprised you didn't **HEAR** me all the way 
at your place hollering a bunch of choice expressions intermixed with 
the words "catalina factory" for the 2 plus days it took me to get 
this job finished.

The GPS job was a breeze.  The stern rail seat speakers (speaker 
pods) were a major PITA.  I learned some key things though,  so if 
you plan to do this job, gather experiences from those who've done it 
first.  But, it's best to do the whole job at the same time.

-Jeff

At 08:14 AM 2/19/2006, you wrote:
>    The pushpits are guite a problem. Port one isn't so bad because 
> the cockpit locker allows access to the nuts for the forward base. 
> Starboard forward base cannot be removed w/o major surgery to the boat.
>      I ran speaker wire to speakers mounted under the "lounge 
> chairs" and ended up pulling the aft srews of the two hole bases, 
> pulling the pushpit as far away from the boat as I could, and 
> drilled thru the 'glass. There are holes for navlight wires port 
> side only so the starboard base had to be drilled as well. Major 
> job on a very hot weekend.
>
>   good luck
>   Tim Grennan
>   Evening Star 843
>
>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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