[C320-list] Burgee halyard

[JJ Morrison]

Actually the Al pop rivets are the answer; I've used these before and the material match makes sense.CheersJohnM1999#574

> From: wupdike at hotmail.com
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:27:03 -0500
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Burgee halyard
> 
> Why use SS in aluminum?  Wouldn't aluminum screws be the better choice?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Utility Email [mailto:kswanson123 at comcast.net] 
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 1:30 PM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Burgee halyard
> 
> I installed my eye strap and small block with two SS tapped screws to the
> underside of the aluminum spreader. I did not want to drill one larger hole
> through the entire spreader tip and bottom. We have a flag off of one and
> our Davis radar reflector off of the other one. Plenty of capacity without
> placing an eyebolt through the spreader top and bottom. 
> 
> Dave
> 
> S/V Emily Ann
> 2007 C320 MK II
> No.1107
> Mukilteo, Washington
> 
> On Jan 23, 2013, at 7:18 PM, Utility Email <kswanson123 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> > I have burgee halyard installed on each lower spreader.  I use one for a
> courtesy flag and the other for a radar reflector.  One burgee halyard came
> with the boat from the factory, the other I installed.  Both with eye straps
> tapped and screwed into the underside of the lower spreader with small
> blocks integrally attached to the eye strap.  I used ss screws tapped into
> the underside of the lower aluminum spreader.  I coated the threads with
> Lanocote to help prevent eletrolosis between the ss screws and the tapped
> holes in the aluminum spreader.  I also used nonconductive nylon washers
> between the eyestrap and the aluminum spreader.  The factory installed
> eyestrap and block are attached to the spreader with ss rivets.
> > 
> > Dave
> > 
> > David Swanson
> > S/V Emily Ann
> > 2007 C320 MK II, No. 1107
> > Mukilteo, WA 
> > 
> > On Jan 22, 2013, at 3:37 PM, dprudden wrote:
> > 
> >> For anyone who has a burgee halyard on the starboard lower
> spreader-should I use a through-bolt for the halyard block or an eye strap
> screwed into the spreader?
> >> 
> >> Thanks,
> >> David Prudden
> >> #787
> >> 
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> > 
> 
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