[C320-list] Gate stanchion

[Steve Magennis]

Unfortunately, someone T-boned me before a race.  He hit the gate
stanchion directly, and the lifelines kept the Erickson 36 from joining
my crew and me in the cockpit.  Unfortunately, stopping a 14,000 lb
boat moving at about 6 knots was a bit more than the lifelines were
happy with.  Of course, the hole that was punched in the hull at the
gate stanchion compromised that support.  The next stanchion forward
was bent inward to about 45 degrees, while the base of the bow pulpit
was broken off on the side of the hit.  The other side held, but the
pulpit was twisted back and the tubing bent and kinked.

Since the other guy was on port, his insurance company paid for the
repairs, so I was mot really interested in saving the cost of shipping.
 We have had large accessories shipped from the Catalina factory to the
dealer on a boat delivery, but such a timely coincidence wasn't
happening last Septamber when I finally got my replacement pulpit.

Fortunately, the Alchemist looks as good as she did before the
interface with the Erickson.

Steve
Alchemist #909


--- Bill Culbertson <billculb_a2 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Steve,
> 
> Hopefully you'll never need another pulpit for awhile but for the
> benefit of others on the list I replaced my pulpit 2 years ago as
> well.  My boatyard arranged for Catalina to put it on the next truck
> of stuff to one of the area Catalina dealers.  The boatyard had
> someone drive to 50 miles to the dealer to fetch it but much cheaper
> than paying shipping as it turned out.
> 
>  -bill
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Steve Magennis <magenns at yahoo.com>
> To: C320-List <c320-list at catalina320.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 2:59:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Gate stanchion
> 
> 
> Got mine from Catalina (not Catalina Direct).  Make sure you order
> the
> correct one.  They are specific for port and starboard.
> 
> My gate stanchion came in a few days.  However, the bow pulpit took
> over one month, and the shipping was almost as much as the hardware
> (the pulpit (and probably the gate stanchion) came from "Rail
> Makers",
> Catalina's OEM stainless fabricator.)
> 
> Steve
> Alchemist #909
> 
> --- Jim DeLong <jdelong3 at neo.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> > Phil,
> > Thanks....
> > 
> > I just bent the gate and need to replace it. If the bolts are
> > imbedded in 
> > the hull, can I simply back them out, replace the gate and screw
> them
> > back 
> > in? Will the bolts remain in place?
> > 
> > I don't have an issue with the hull, just some bent tubing. And,
> > where did 
> > you find the replacement stanchions?
> > 
> > Thanks,  Jim
> > 
> > >
> > > Message: 6
> > > Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:26:29 EST
> > > From: PbyrdC320 at aol.com
> > > Subject: Re: [C320-list] gate stanchion
> > > To: c320-list at catalina320.com
> > > Message-ID: <c6c.b579b04.3304f4a5 at aol.com>
> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
> > >
> > > Jim,
> > >
> > > In October we rebed both of the stanchion gates on Wind Dancer #
> 94
> > along
> > > with several of the other stanchions.
> > >
> > > Access to the nuts on the gate stanchions were particularly
> > difficult and 
> > > we
> > > were able to ease the project by using a hole borer
> (approximately
> > 1 3/4")
> > > and making a series of adjacent holes in the fiberglass in front
> of
> > the 
> > > nuts.
> > > We filed down the edges and access was quite adequate.  The 
> > opening was
> > > covered by the wood
> > >
> > > Time to do the starboard gate was almost 2 hours and for the port
> > gate 45
> > > minutes.  Experience on the former was great when tackling the 
> > latter. 
> > > We used
> > > the same approach on several regular stanchions we also  rebed.
> > >
> > > Hope this helps.
> > >
> > > Phil Byrd
> > > Wind Dancer  #94
> > > North Point, Wi
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>
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