[C320-list] Is anyone else.....

[Dean Vermeire]

The first thing I did when we bought the boat was to put a non-skid 
strip on each step.  It doesn't look as good, but it is much safer.
Dean Vermeire
Moonstruck II (#847)

On 8/10/2011 11:02 AM, uhlman at sbcglobal.net wrote:
> We finally made it to the boat yesterday to sail and we looked around the companionway trying to figure out what people were getting bangged up on and didn't see anything.  Maybe they have changed things.  I fell down the steps on July 2 but i was barefoot, had my hands full, and the third step was wet.  It was 11 pm triple digit heat index.  Too hot to enjoy sailing.
> Barb Uhlman
> Whisper #1158
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dean Vermeire<dean at vermeire.us>
> Sender: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.comDate: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:41:20
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> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Is anyone else.....
>
> I cut my shins almost every time I am on the boat.  I had no idea that
> so many others had this issue.
>
> Don't suffer in silence!
>
> Dean Vermeire
> "Moonstruck II" (#847)
>
> On 8/10/2011 10:11 AM, John Frost wrote:
>> On my boat it is caused by the stainless steel wear pad being mounted with a slight overhang on the interior side of the threshold. My wife and I showed our near permanent shin scars to Jerry in Annapolis. He said they moved it on new boats but an inspection did not bear this out. This list gave me the solution of backing off the screws and mounting a small white weatherstrip from Home Depot under the wear pad with the small round piece just hanging over the threshold. It is permanent and protects from hitting the wear plate or the fiberglass. Our scars are almost healed now!
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> John
>>
>> On Aug 7, 2011, at 6:57 PM, "Brad Kuether"<bkuether at comcast.net>   wrote:
>>
>>> Coming home with busted up shins after traversing the companionway?
>>>
>>> I don't know what it is, but every time I go out.......
>>>
>>> -Brad, Mary, Monica, and Jarod
>>> "Independence"
>>> 2004 Catalina 320 Hull 1006
>>> Middle River, MD
>>>