[C320-list] Mast step drain

[Jeff Hare]

Warren,  

Does your mast step have the SS U-shaped bail attached to the aft end of the mast step?

If so,  water would drain out of the mast from where this bail attaches.  There is no "visible" drain. 

Were you to remove the cast alum mast step plate and --turn it over-- you would see a channel leading to the attachment point for this bail.  

An eng. drawing or photo would make this more clear.  

-Jeff  
------Original Message------
From: Warren Updike
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Sent: Sep 8, 2009 8:59 AM

I checked-out ours this weekend and couldn't find the weep hole either. Ours
is also a 1994 so perhaps the original mast plates didn't have that design.
There  must be some other method to allow for drainage.  Anyone have any
ideas?

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



-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Morton [mailto:bryanmorton at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 9:49 AM
To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
Subject: [C320-list] Mast step drain

Looking for some more help on an issue I posted a few weeks ago.   I have
water leaking down the compression post when it rains.   On the outside of
the post.   Some members mailed back right away saying there is a drain hole
in the mast step that may be blocked (thanks for the prompt response, I
tried to post back but could not figure out how to do that).   I am at the
boat now but can not find the drain hole.   Our example is a 1994 hull 32.
Maybe the step design has changed over the years.   Does anyone have any
more details on where the drain hole is?

Best regards

Bryan