[C320-list] Pulpit removal

[windswept at stx.rr.com]

I had to replace the bow pulpit on WindSwept after "busting her nose" during a docking incident which I now call my "Captain Ron" moment.  To make a long story short the piling won.

There are threaded aluminum backing plates laminated into the fiberglass and as I recall there are no nuts that penetrate the fiberglass and have to be removed or captured.  If you are going to remove the pulpit you will need to disconnect the wiring for the running light which can be accessed through the circular removable inspection port in the forward end of the anchor locker.  All told, this was not a difficult job.

Larry
C320 #246



---- Michael and isobel McCretton <michael.mccretton at btinternet.com> wrote: 
> Does anyone know how to remove the pulpit? 
> 
> Mine has been bent and there appears to be no access in the chain locker.
> 
> I have heard that they can be simply unscrewed from the deck and that there
> are no nuts to remove from below ???
> 
> Before I try this I would like to be sure that I am not going to lose bits
> forever in the depths of the bow.
> 
> Michael McCretton - new subscriber from the UK - Sylvan II Hull #302
>