[C320-list] Stainless cylinders covering bronze shroud turnbuckles

[warren updike]

Sorry Joe, I don't know the cutoff. I bet someone on this list has a pretty
good idea. Lacking that, call Catalina. See if you can get a message to
Gerry Douglas. I'm sure he will know.

Of course, you will know as soon as you remove a chain plate and clean out
the old sealant. It is quite obvious that there are three layers to the deck
with a middle layer of different material that is actually end-grain balsa
wood. The newer hull will not show this layering as they have a solid resin
layup in these areas, or so I'm told.

Warren & Pattie Updike
Catalina 320, #62, "Warr De Mar"
Middle River, Chesapeake Bay




-----Original Message-----
Hi

What do you consider a newer hull ?
I have a 1999 #574

Thanks
Joe

On 8/25/08, warren updike <wupdike at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Ours is also 1994. I'd be more concerned that the problem you have may 
> be indicative that it has been a long time since the rig has been 
> tuned and the chain plates rebedded. Do you have any signs of drips on 
> the undersides of the chain plates, or dark stains around them?
>
> Can't say for sure re. #74; but, on these older hulls the holes 
> through the deck for the chain plates are drilled through cored 
> decking. Leaking chain plates will mean wetting the core - a bad 
> thing. The newer hulls, thoughtfully, were made with solid resin where 
> the chain plates holes are drilled. There are discussions on this list 
> about repairing-rebedding these older hulls to prevent future wetting of
the deck.
>
> Warren & Pattie Updike
> Catalina 320, #62, "Warr De Mar"
> Middle River, Chesapeake Bay
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> I have a  94 Hull 320 #74--RUTHSM.  Since I bought the boat a year and 
> a half ago I have been attempting to loosen the stainless cylinders 
> over the bronze turnbuckles on the shrouds so I can check the turnbuckles
and tune
> the shrouds.   I have consulted two different riggers, tried liquid
wrench,
> talked to Catalina, so far to no avail.
>
> Now I'm going to the big brains out there.  Has anyone else 
> encountered this problem?  And more important, has any one solved it?  and
if so how?
>
> Thanks
> Sam and Ruthie Wagner
>