[C320-list] Later model dodgers - chafe

[Brad Kuether]

Point of clarity,

This is while I am underway, trimming the mailsail beating into the wind.

I figured out early about being at dock with the mainsail cover on that the 
boom has to be all the way over.

Also this is chafing on the dodger not the bimini, but if there is a 
solution for that I am all ears!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brad Kuether" <bkuether at comcast.net>
To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 9:11 AM
Subject: [C320-list] Later model dodgers - chafe


I am noticing that my 2004 stock Catalina dodger is chafing at the main 
sheet.

This occurs most when I am trying to trim and get the boom down for the 
right twist in the sail.  It looks like it just wasn't measured well from 
inception, but I don't know enough about the boat yet to make that call.

I am taking the dodger to get repaired, and to have a more robust material 
sewn on to handle the chafing.  Someone suggested a type of better type of 
Sunbrella or there was another type of material that I forget...

Here are my questions:

  a.. Is anyone else experiencing this?
  b.. Has anyone else addressed it differently?
  c.. Has anyone considered just re-doing the dodger so its lower and 
further back to avoid it all together?

Thanks for any insight.  Looking forward to my first winterizing...  :(

-Brad, Mary, Monica, and Jarod
"Independence"
2004 Catalina 320 Hull 1006
Middle River, MD