[C320-list] : Transome Insert

[Chris Burti]

P.S. I used this same technique to make the T-track for the "rocket
launcher" hose holder that I descibed and showed in a photo in my
Mainsheet article on washdown pump installation.

On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com> wrote:
> If you have access to a table saw...buy a 1/2" x 15" x 30" white HDPE
> cutting board from a discount retailer.
>
> By moving the saw guide over in 1/8" increments and making successive
> shallow passes, you can use the saw balde to cut a 3/8" D x 1/2" W
> dado (groove) down one side of the the board starting 1/8" from the
> edge. Then, cut the 3/4" strip containing the groove off of the board
> and cut it in half.
>
> This will make the two tracks that you mount vertically on the port
> and starbord side of the pass-through to hold the insert in place that
> you will cut to fit from the rest of the board. Drill three/four holes
> for # 10 oval head SS wood screws through the bottom of each dado and
> into the fiberglass to mount them.
>
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 9:32 PM, Uhlman <uhlman at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> I checked our boat and there is no place for the transome insert. :-(   We may try to rig something up.
>> Barb and Bob
>> Whisper, #1158
>>
>>
>> Sent from my Samsung Epic™ 4G Touch
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] :  Transome Insert
>> From: "Wash, Steve" <wash at advantageelectronics.com>
>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>> CC:
>>
>> Yup ... it keeps our Yorkie and Maltese on board!
>>
>> Steve
>> Joie de Vie
>> #1029
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
>> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of David
>> Nolte
>> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 10:37 PM
>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] : Transome Insert
>>
>> I think so.  On our boat that includes small dogs and large toys.
>>
>> David Nolte
>> Beach House #4
>>
>>
>> On Mar 22, 2012, at 10:33 PM, Brad Kuether wrote:
>>
>>> I have this piece...  What does it do actually?
>>>
>>> Is it just to keep "stuff" from falling out the back?
>>>
>>> -Brad, Mary, Monica, and Jarod
>>> "Independence"
>>> 2004 Catalina 320 Hull 1006
>>> Middle River, MD
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "upwego" <upwego at yahoo.com>
>>> To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 5:30 PM
>>> Subject: [C320-list] : Transome Insert
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, I've lost the plexiglass/lexan Transome Insert that
>> fits under the helm set. Can anyone tell me if there is a PN stenciled
>> on the unit. Or better yet where I can get a replacment?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Jack Fitzgibbon
>>> s/v wetted bliss
>>> #441
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Chris Burti
> Farmville, NC



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Chris Burti
Farmville, NC