[C320-list] Mainsheet Technical Articles

[LaChance,Michael B]

Bob,
Tell us more about your trip home
Mike
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To: C320-List <c320-list at catalina320.org>
Sent: Sun Oct 07 21:41:33 2007
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Mainsheet Technical Articles

You may not have to go inside the binnacle.  I've had an issue on my 
2002 (hull 906) where occasionally on locking the wheel I couldn't 
unlock it.  I found out this season that there's a plastic 'interface' 
piece between the knob I turn and the shaft that actually applies the 
brake.  This piece is internally threaded to accept the brake shaft and 
externally threaded to accept the knob.  I discovered this the day I 
kept unscrewing the knob until it came off in my hand, revealing the 
black plastic piece described above, still attached to the brake shaft. 
  Pliers applied to the brake shaft released the brake mechanism; not my 
recommended ongoing solution.  Your mechanism may be slipping 
similarly.

In other news, our trip home today from Newburyport, MA to Portsmouth, 
NH in NE 20 kt winds gusting to 25 kts with 4-6 ft seas, was 
interesting.

Bob Seastream
'Intuition', hull 906


On Oct 7, 2007, at 1:19 PM, Len wrote:

> One item of interest would be what to do when the wheel-lock mechanism
> doesn't work.  My Edson lock-knob just tuns, but doesn't lock the 
> wheel..
> Edson is to e me a schematic diagram re adjusting "brake" inside 
> binnacle,
> but maybe there's an easier way?.....
>
> Len Krane
> Aqua5   #1070
>
>
> On 10/7/07, Karl Mielenhausen _/) <kmielen at iwon.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> C320 IA Members,
>>
>> I'm looking for your ideas on possible subject matter for Mainsheet
>> Technical Articles for our C320's. What would you like to see written 
>> about?
>>
>> Also, if you are willing to author an article, we'd love to have it!!
>>
>> Thanks....
>>
>>
>>
>> Karl Mielenhausen
>>
>> 2000 C320 Hull#690 "Silver Lining"
>>
>> New Bern, NC
>>
>> http://pages.suddenlink.net/kmielen/
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>>
>>
>>
>




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