[C320-list] boat out & keel bolts

[argates2nd at comcast.net]

I reported to this list 2-3 years ago that when I started to use the 320 Assn. keel bolt torque wrench that I found 3 of our keel bolts were not high quality SS, were rusty, and required replacement after difficult removal of the 3 by cutting, etc.  

Some of the good bolts were loose on a 1995 boat that had probably never that the bolts adjusted.  

To adjust the bolts I went in a shallow slip at high tide and waited for all the wgt to rest on the keel at low tide. 

Rollie  #182 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Burti" <clburti at gmail.com> 
To: C320-List at catalina320.com 
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 9:28:25 AM 
Subject: Re: [C320-list] boat out 

I would be far more suspicious of damage than design fault. 

Here is a photo that is very typical of a C-320 on stands. Note that 
virtually all the weight is on the keel. 

http://tinyurl.com/37rdngd 

Somewhere someone posted a photo of a C-320 where the tide went out 
leaving her standing on her keel for about eight hours with no damage, 
but I can't find it today. 

The only keel damage that I have seen reported on the two lists that I 
participate in over the last seven years as a C-320 owner has been 
rare and has resulted from known hard groundings. It doesn't make a 
lot of sense to me that a C-320 can't rest on her keel as a matter of 
course if she isn't otherwise damaged. And if that were the case, I 
feel certain that we would have heard a lot about it in the way we 
read about the "Catalina Smile" on the C-30 (which usually is a filler 
issue not a structural one). Some areas with large tidal ranges even 
have scrubbing pilings for boats to tie up to to scrub the bottom. 
Riding up a marine railway would seem logically to be similar to a 
tidal grounding. If a C-320 couldn't take that with ease, it would 
seem likely that we East Coast US sailors would have keels falling off 
like leaves. 

I can't speak to the noises on the marine railway, because I've missed 
the times mine has been blocked on stands. Commitment suffered going 
aground into a cypress swamp and being dragged out by a tug when she 
broke her mooring ring in Hurricane Ophelia. The only damage resulted 
from being dragged out by the stern and that was limited to a bent 
rudder post and some deep gouges in the wing. I have some pictures of 
her standing on her keel in the swamp that I will try to upload to the 
website. 

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 2:22 AM, Dingo Is Talent 
<dingoistalent at bigpond.com> wrote: 
> This is a response from the guy I bought my 320 off.... STATE DISTRIBUTOR... 
> I believe him...but not NORM, the Australian Distributor.... 
> FYI, Norm is a bit of a bullshit artist.... 
> 
> Your thoughts...appreciated - Can you ask the owners.....will keep strictly 
> you and I from here on . 
> They are saying one thing...you another.. 
> Are they covering up? 
> 
> 
> 
> Ron, 
> Just got a call from Norm, he knows Paul, and according to him the two boats 
> in question hit rocks and were nothing to do with slipping damage. According 
> to Norm, some of his competitors were spreading the rumour that it was slip 
> damage. 
> I'll keep you posted. 
> 
> 
> 



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Chris Burti Farmville, NC