[C320-list] Bent out of shape!

[pat reynolds]

Brad, the boat will change shape when on the hard, snow or not, and the doors and nav station will stick.  Keeping the weight of the snow off is a good idea as it may add to the problem.  Once back in the water the shape will return to normal

--- On Sun, 12/20/09, Brad Kuether <bkuether at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: Brad Kuether <bkuether at comcast.net>
> Subject: [C320-list] Bent out of shape!
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Date: Sunday, December 20, 2009, 4:31 PM
> Went down to visit Independence, as I
> had not had a chance to go down before the "big storm".
> 
> My biggest fear was that the main sheet had come loose
> letting the boom swing back and forth back and forth crash
> into the shrouds.
> 
> Well, fortunately while the sheet was loose, it wasn't
> loose enough to allow more than a few feet of play.
> 
> I did go down below, only just to be sure I had remembered
> everything from my winterizing experience.
> 
> All of the doors were jammed!!!!  So was the chart
> table but I got it open.
> 
> Hoping it was just the normal stuff that happens and not
> the weight of the snow.  Oh and cleared that off
> too....
> 
> -Brad, Mary, Monica, and Jarod
> "Independence"
> 2004 Catalina 320 Hull 1006
> Middle River, MD
>