[C320-list] halyard/topping lift

[Denny Browne]

I'd be surprised if they switched out the vang, but you could probably call Garhauer for a quicker confirmation and quote to repair or replace. 
(909) 985-7513

Denny Browne
310.408.9591

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

On Mar 3, 2013, at 12:26 PM, Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I've always wondered about this: my boom vang is not spring loaded, it won't
> support the boom without a topping lift.  So, what I'm wondering is on the
> early version 320s was the boom spring loaded and it's just a matter of the
> spring no longer working; or, was the spring loaded vang a later feature? 
> 
> Warren & Pattie Updike
> 1994 C320 #62 "Warr De Mar"
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Denny Browne [mailto:dennybrowne at verizon.net] 
> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 6:52 PM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] halyard/topping lift
> 
> Correct. The spring loaded vang supports the boom with no problem. I attach
> the main halyard to the end of the boom and tighten the mainsheet in the
> slip. Added a small long d-shackle for that purpose and its lasted ten years
> with no problem. 
> 
> Denny Browne
> 310.408.9591
> 
> Sent from handheld, sorry for typos, grammar, etc...
> 
> On Mar 2, 2013, at 12:50 PM, Amiraults Family <amiraults at sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
> 
>> Denny:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Bear is replacing the current main/Dutchman this spring with a Doyle 
>> main/stack pack/lazy jacks. You note that you dispensed with the 
>> topping lift when refusing the Dutchman. Without a Dutchman you don't 
>> need a topping lift?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Brian Amirault
>> 
>> 797 Waltzing Bear, too
> 
>