[C320-list] Bow Pulpit

[allan.field at verizon.net]

Didn't think to heat it. Just worked very slowly.

Allan S Field
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-----Original message-----
From: Denny Browne <dennybrowne at verizon.net>
To: "C320-List at Catalina320.com" <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Cc: "<C320-List at Catalina320.com>" <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Tue, Jun 21, 2011 13:00:44 GMT+00:00
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Bow Pulpit

Thanks, Allan. Did you have to hear it at the bends or just move it slowly?

Denny Browne
310.408.9591
http://www.EIM-inc.com/dbrowne 

Sent from handheld, sorry for typos, grammar, etc...

On Jun 21, 2011, at 3:33 AM, "Allan S. Field" <allan.field at verizon.net>  
wrote:

> Denny - Something like this happened to Sea Shadow a few years ago.  I
> bought a small hydraulic jack and using pieces of lumber against the  
rails,
> very slowly bent the rail back into fairly good shape. I'd be glad to loan
> the jack but it probably is less expensive to buy one at an auto parts
> store.  The guy who helped me works with stainless steel quite a bit as a
> hobby so I was pretty confident he was not going to make things worse but
> you really need to be careful...  I got hung up on a piling when a dock  
line
> parted during a very high tide so the rail looked like a bow; now it is
> almost straight and most folks don't notice it unless they take a second
> look. - Allan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Denny Browne
> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 10:02 AM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: [C320-list] Bow Pulpit
> 
> Had a chance encounter with another boat in a race the other night and  
found
> my bow pulpit rearranged. I'm looking for some advice on bending it  
straight
> again.
> 
> 
> 
> Secondly, I've worried about ripping the spinnaker on the navigation  
lights.
> This may be an ideal opportunity to remove them altogether and relocate to
> the hull. Has anyone out there tried that? 
> 
> 
> 
> Any tips are appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> 
> Denny Browne
> 
> A Cappella #935
> 
> Redondo Beach
> 
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