[C320-list] Later model dodgers - chafe

[David Nolte]

Can't you just raise the boom a bit with the topping lift while the  
boat is at the dock?


On Oct 24, 2009, at 1:44 PM, Brad Kuether wrote:

> 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
>
>