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

[Jack McDonough]

What people are getting banged up on is the high step at the entrance to the 
main companionway. It was designed to be shin-high and it was designed by 
the same guy who hid the fresh water tank valves under the quarterberth.

jack
#934




----- Original Message ----- 
From: <uhlman at sbcglobal.net>
To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Is anyone else.....


> 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
> To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Reply-To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> 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
>>>
>>
>
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