[C320-list] Stanchion Issue-Ideas?

[Kirk McCullough]

thanks Jon, good idea on the messenger line, if i do need to remove the 
pulpit.

The boat is dockside, so it's a matter of getting a welder with a portable 
tig  machine to come down to the marina. I thought I would lift pull up the 
base and put a piece of wood under as the welding is done, then screw the 
whole thing down again.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jonvez at comcast.net>
To: "C320-List" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 1:42 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Stanchion Issue-Ideas?


> Hi Kirk,
>
> Nobody would do it on the boat. You really have to choices--see if a 
> welder will come to the boat and do it there or take it into a shop. The 
> heat etc is just too much (not to mention welding on moving boat) that 
> nobody would consider. I decided that since I had to remove the stanchion 
> anyway to bring it to the welder so they could do it in the shop.
>
> BTW, I noticed a comment regarding the light. Jeff Hare suggested running 
> a messenger line with the wire instead of cutting and this is what I would 
> recommend for your Bow light.  Hope this helps...
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon
>
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: "Kirk McCullough" <kirk.mccullough at telus.net>
>
>> Jon
>>
>> I recently had a weld at the base of a stachion break. Mostly of my 
>> doing,
>> by looping the bow line around it and mooring the boat in rough water, it
>> strained on the stanchion until it cracked. I broke it all the way 
>> through
>> trying to straighten the slight bend in the stanchion.
>>
>> Anyway did you ever find a way to get yours welded while still on the 
>> boat?
>> Mine is the stanchion which is part of the bow pulpit, so I dont want to
>> remove the entire pulpit.
>>
>> Kirk McCullough
>> Boomerang #124
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From:
>> To: "C320-List"
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:55 AM
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Stanchion Issue-Ideas?
>>
>>
>> > Thank you all for your replies. Looks like I will start by trying to 
>> > find
>> > a welder and determining whether it is worth having it done on the boat 
>> > or
>> > just taking it off-- 
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Jon Vez
>> >
>> > -------------- Original message -------------- 
>> > From: bruceheyman at cox.net
>> >
>> >> Jon,
>> >> You can get welders to come down to work on your boat but the cost
>> >> usually goes
>> >> up rapidly that way. Also after they are done they usually fille the 
>> >> weld
>> >> down
>> >> and polish it so that it looks good. While SS is usually alow to rust 
>> >> the
>> >> little filing if not removed will rust rapidly and stain the fiber 
>> >> glass.
>> >>
>> >> To "fit into our slip" we had to take the pulpit of and bring it to a
>> >> fabricator
>> >> to have it shortened. It was not a very hard job, in fact it was 
>> >> easier
>> >> than
>> >> doing one of the stand alone stachions. Hbopefully the Pushpit is 
>> >> similar
>> >> (?) In
>> >> that there are plates in the fiberglass with threaded holes so there 
>> >> are
>> >> no
>> >> dificult (i.e., impossible) to reach nuts.
>> >> The wires are usually much longer than they need to be so you just cut
>> >> them and
>> >> used crimp connectors to re-attach when you get it back. Best if you 
>> >> use
>> >> a
>> >> marine connector asd they usually have heat shring seals with an
>> >> adheasive toi
>> >> help make the connection water tight.
>> >> I wonder if your weld is failing because it was not made right or if 
>> >> it
>> >> is under
>> >> a lot of stress? If the later you may want to very carefully measure 
>> >> the
>> >> distance between the bases where they attach to the boat before you
>> >> remove it
>> >> and ask the welder to try to match.
>> >> Good luck.
>> >> Bruce
>> >> Somerset 671 SoCal
>> >> Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message----- 
>> >> From: jonvez at comcast.net
>> >> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:35:45
>> >> To:C320-List at catalina320.com (320 List)
>> >> Subject: [C320-list] Stanchion Issue-Ideas?
>> >>
>> >> I'm hoping someone can offer an alternative to what I'm afraid the 
>> >> answer
>> >> will
>> >> be to this problem: I noticed that one of the aft stanchion's weld has
>> >> begun
>> >> parting from the base. About a quarter of the circumfrance has parted. 
>> >> It
>> >> is the
>> >> starboard stanchion that is closest to the boarding ladder.
>> >>
>> >> Does anyone know a a way of addressing this without removing the 
>> >> entire
>> >> starboard side pushpit setup and of course the added complication of 
>> >> the
>> >> stern
>> >> light wiring? If I have it spot welded in place I believe I will have 
>> >> goo
>> >> for a
>> >> stern section...any ideas would be greatly appreciated-- 
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> Jon Vez
>> >
>> >
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