[C320-list] mid ship cleats

[June Bruce]

Thanks ALL
for the info ... am thinking of Jeff Church's solution as it avoids the 
double use of the track and the potential fitting problems.
Below are most of the latest solutions.

Thanks again
Bruce Stanley #1084
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From: "Jeff Church" <jjemail at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [C320-list] midship Cleats

Bruce,
Check out my album on the C320 site for pictures of the midship cleats that 
I installed. I think I used 6" cleats that I purchased at West. The 6" cleat 
works well, but I'd suggest using an 8" cleat if you can find one that has a 
base which isn't wider than the rail. The recess on the underside of the 
rail is too narrow for a plate, but you can use washers instead because the 
fiberglass at the rail is very strong (over an inch thick). You will have to 
remove the insides of the cabinet above the dry locker in the galley and 
some of the interior pieces above the medicine cabinet in the head. You 
won't be able to get a hand into the recess, but if you tape the nut and 
washers to an open end wrench you can slide that up into the recess to meet 
the bolt. If you drop the nut it will forever rattle around between the 
liner and hull, so stuff some rags under the area where you are working.

If this sounds a little too tricky, you might first try using a cleat on the 
jib track and see if you are satisfied with that.

Jeff
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From: Dave Anderer <danderer at udel.edu>
Subject: Re: [C320-list] midship Cleats

I got mine from Garhauer for $50/each last year

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From: Chris Burti <cburti at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [C320-list] midship Cleats
To: C320-List <C320-List at catalina320.com>

I agree. No holes in the deck and no maintenance. On
top of that, they are adjustable.

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From: "MARSHALL M LUCAS" <mtpoodles at atlanticbb.net>
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Midship Cleats will go on the jib track or

I tried the Schaefer cleats and they did not fit the track
on hull # 1037.  Spoke to Gerry Douglas at the Annapolis
show and he suggested buying the Garhauer cleats as they
will fit the track on my boat.  So before you buy the
Schaefer, check with Garhauer.

Marshall
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From: "Kurt R. Budelmann, M.D." <krbmd77 at charter.net>
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Midship Cleats will go on the jib track or

I bought the Garhauer cleats which fit the tracks well, but the screws are 
too large to fit in the holes to lock the cleats from sliding with a load.
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From: Steve Magennis <magenns at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [C320-list] midship Cleats

You can also buy very similar cleats from Garhauer (I did on the
Alchemist) or Barton (I did on the previous Alchemist).  Both are lower
in price than the Schaffer, and both work well and are high quality
equipment (not that Schaffer isn't high quality, it is).

Steve Alchemist #909
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From: "MARSHALL M LUCAS" <mtpoodles at atlanticbb.net>
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Midship Cleats will go on the jib track or

This was the same problem with the Schaefer cleats.  What
did you do to resolve the problem?

Marshall

On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:04:06 -0400
  "Kurt R. Budelmann, M.D." <krbmd77 at charter.net> wrote:
>I bought the Garhauer cleats which fit the tracks well, but the screws are 
>too large to fit in the holes to lock the cleats from sliding with a load.
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:30:02 -0400
From: "Kurt R. Budelmann, M.D." <krbmd77 at charter.net>
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Midship Cleats will go on the jib track or

I have not been able to use them.  Has anyone resolved this issue?
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Kurt R. Budelmann
Everwind, Catalina 320 #1035

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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:44:27 -0400
From: Dave Anderer <danderer at udel.edu>
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Midship Cleats will go on the jib track or

Interesting.  They fit mine just fine.

Dave #642

Kurt R. Budelmann, M.D. wrote:
I bought the Garhauer cleats which fit the tracks well, but the screws are 
too large to fit in the holes to lock the cleats from sliding with a load.

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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:09:54 +0000
From: jonvez at comcast.net
Subject: Re: [C320-list] midship Cleats

I've done the same. The Shaeffer cleat works fine for a midship and is a 
much easier solution...

Regards, Jon Vez