[C320-list] Mast maintenance

[DianeFlr at aol.com]

Hello, Tony,
 
Diane - the other Winthrop Harbor buyers here!  we just got our "baby"  
delivered this morning & worked all day, buffing, scrubbing, and looking  
around!  mast goes up tomorrow...  I sold the winter cover.. life is  good!
 
We just joined the 320 assocition, too.  I'm sure we all have a lot to  
learn.  Welcome to you, too!!
 
S/V  Sea Pitch... name changed to Windy City on Friday..  waiting  for my 
sign guy  
 
Captain Diane  Fowler, GRI, CRS, e-PRO
Sellstate Priority Realty

CELL: 239-  850- 4935


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In a message dated 10/26/2011 3:26:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
tony at midwestphysics.com writes:


This  question about sheaves from Warren leads me to another more  general
question.  First, let me introduce myself.  I am the new  owner of Hull #886
(as of a couple weeks ago) which has been re-located  from Lake Michigan to 
a
smaller inland lake in Northern Minnesota, where my  family of 6 hopes to
have many years of enjoyment sailing around in  circles.  Currently sitting
tight and waiting for the ice to form and  then melt again.  My 20 years of
sailing experience is mostly limited  to smaller boats and mostly other
peoples boats at that.  So, it goes  without saying that we are jumping off
the deep end so to speak and have  lots to learn.   Rigging a mast, caring
for a diesel engine, etc  are among the many things that I have very little
experience with.   Researching boats brought us to this forum and the wealth
of information it  provides was just one of the reason we chose our 320.

So, now to my  question (the first of many I can only surmise).  The mast 
has
not  been rigged after transport, as we are planning on doing that in the
spring  due to timing.  Is there a guide or list somewhere regarding
suggested  maintenance that we might want to consider (in the spring) before
we  proceed with rigging?  Being a 2002 boat, I¹m only guessing there  might
be items we should be paying attention to.  I have of course,  read through
the Catalina 320 manual and plan to do all the ³Inspect,  Check, Tighten,
etc² listed... What I¹m hoping to find is real user  experience about any
particular areas to pay close attention to or specific  items that might 
need
to be replaced at this age based on others  experience.

Thanks in advance for all the tips and  advice...

Tony & Angie Murphy
Hull #886 (to be renamed, but that  is a topic for another discussion)




On 10/26/11 2:00 PM,  "c320-list-request at lists.catalina320.com"
<c320-list-request at lists.catalina320.com>  wrote:

> From: Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com>
> To:  "Catalina C320 mail list " <C320-List at catalina320.org>
> Subject:  [C320-list] Boom end sheaves
> Message-ID:  <BAY156-DS1660F9485C661EFBDAC13BBEEC0 at phx.gbl>
> Content-Type:  text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> 
> Last year, I bought new  sheaves for the mast top and boom. I have not 
been
> able to remove the  assembly at the end of the boom in order to replace 
the
> sheaves. Does  anyone know how to do this?
> 
>  
> 
> Warren  & Pattie Updike
> 
> 1994 C320 #62 "Warr De  Mar"