[C320-list] packing gland & listing to port

[pat reynolds]

I have tried to keep up with all these math equations
but my pencil kept rolling to port.  After 12 years my
only concern is how many 320's have sunk.

Pat R.
--- Kirk McCullough <kirk.mccullough at telus.net> wrote:

> I don't think it has either, but it does have a
> crappy aft cabin. :)
> 
> Kirk
> #124
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jeff Church" <jjemail at comcast.net>
> To: "C320-List" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 8:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] packing gland & listing to
> port
> 
> 
> If that's the case then my other solution should
> work even better.  I'm 
> selling the boat!  Does the 387 have a port or
> starboard list?
> 
> JeffC
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Scott Thompson
>   To: C320-List
>   Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 9:36 PM
>   Subject: Re: [C320-list] packing gland & listing
> to port
> 
> 
>   Jeff:  The correct adjustment for the starboard
> offset of the halyard
>   sheave is so small, once you take into account the
> acute angle between
>   the halyard and the mast, that it would be
> difficult to measure
>   accurately enough to implement the correction.  I
> don't have the exact
>   measurements here, but assuming that the beam is
> 11.5 feet at the mast
>   and that the masthead is 43 feet above the rail
> then a one inch offset
>   to starboard of the masthead sheave would shorten
> the measurement to the
>   starboard rail by only about .13 inches by my
> calculation, and lengthen
>   the port measurement by a comparable amount, for a
> total difference of
>   only about 1/4 inch.
> 
>   So if you have a difference of an inch in these
> measurements then you
>   are off by a factor of four, and are tilting the
> masthead to starboard
>   by more than 3 inches.  That would certainly make
> the mast look somewhat
>   straighter floating at the dock, but I doubt if it
> would actually have
>   much effect on hull trim.  In essence, I think you
> may be treating the
>   symptom (mast not plumb) rather than the cause. 
> Either way you have
>   "solved" the list problem by introducing a new one
> -- a mast that leans
>   too far to starboard.
> 
>   Scott Thompson
>   Surprise, #653
> 
> 
>   Jeff Church wrote:
>   > I put a 1 or 2 gallon gas can under the helm
> seat.
>   >
>   > Believe it or not, you can get rid of the port
> list by centering the 
> mast correctly. You have to take into account the
> fact that the main halyard 
> that you use to center the mast athwartship exits
> from the starboard side of 
> the masthead. If the starboard measurement isn't
> about an inch less than the 
> port measurement you will end up with the mast
> tilted too far to port.
>   >
>   > Jeff
>   >   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   >   From: stevelgross
>   >   To: 'C320-List'
>   >   Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 3:17 PM
>   >   Subject: Re: [C320-list] packing gland &
> listing to port
>   >
>   >
>   >   Is there any room in the propane locker?  It
> is well ventilated also.
>   >
>   >   -----Original Message-----
>   >   From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com
>   >   [mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On
> Behalf Of
>   >   Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com
>   >   Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 4:14 PM
>   >   To: Catalina 320 List
>   >   Subject: Re: [C320-list] packing gland &
> listing to port
>   >
>   >   Please tell me you're kidding about putting in
> 300lbs of stainless 
> steel to
>   >   level out the boat!!
>   >
>   >   A good place to store a 1-2gal gas container
> is in the anchor locker, 
> it has
>   >   an 'exhaust' hole..
>   >   ----------------------------------
>   >   Regards,
>   >   OD
>   >
>   >   Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld
>   >
>   >
>   >   ----- Original Message -----
>   >   From: "Chris Burti" [clburti at gmail.com]
>   >   Sent: 10/19/2007 12:54 PM
>   >   To: C320-List <c320-list at catalina320.com>
>   >   Subject: Re: [C320-list] packing gland &
> listing to port
>   >
>   >   Yes...the [port list is 'normal'. On my "to
> do" list is scrounging
>   >   about 300 pounds of stainless scrap to level
> it out.
>   >
>   >   Don't leave the gasoline on the boat as a
> precaution. I only carry it
>   >   aboard when I leave on a cruise intending to
> take the dinghy. Not only
>   >   is it a bit safer, it is always fresh. I
> recommend the anchor locker,
>   >   it is vented better top and bottom.
>   >
>   >   On 10/19/07, Moondancer5 at comcast.net
> <Moondancer5 at comcast.net> wrote:
>   >   > Hi all,
>   >   >
>   >   > Now that I've had the boat back for a bit,
> and the weather has been 
> highly
>   >   cooperative, I have a couple of questions on
> what's normal. Thanks in
>   >   advance for all advice!
>   >   >
>   >   > Not having had a cruiser before, we did not
> realize the amount of 
> leaking
>   >   from the packing gland was abnormal, until we
> were splashed this 
> spring and
>   >   the bilge pump wasn't working... after our
> marina adjusted it, we had 
> our
>   >   little incident with the powerboat wake and
> the whole engine had to be 
> reset
>   >   on the mounts and the shaft re-aligned, and at
> the dealer the bilge 
> was dry.
>   >   After the boat was delivered back to us there
> was quite a bit of water 
> in
>   >   the bilge (and the auto pump hadn't been left
> on). Now we see that 
> after
>   >   every afternoon of sailing, the shaft still
> drips after the engine has 
> been
>   >   shut off. I don't imagine that adjusting the
> d**n thing after each 
> sail is
>   >   normal, I had heard it should do is shed a
> drop of water every minute 
> while
>   >   the engine is running, and none after it's
> shut off. What's normal?
>   >   >
>   >   > And, I notice (and noticed before the
> accident) a slight (but 
> distinct)
>   >   list to port. Is THAT normal?
>   >   >
>   >   > One more while I'm here: Where do you store
> your gasoline tank for 
> the
>   >   dinghy when it's not in use? When at our
> marina in the slip, we put 
> the
>   >   Zodiac on a rack and the outboard on the rail
> (which has totally 
> messed up
>   >   the nice little slot there where we had the
> Lifesling mounted, now it 
> won't
> 
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