[C320-list] halyard/topping lift

[resloat]

Warren-I suspect there is something wrong with the spring in your solid 
vang.  It doesn't seem logical that a solid vang would be installed if it 
did not support the boom.  Catalina could save money by just installing a 
block and tackle vang for the same result.  If it is Gauhauer equipment, 
call them.  They are good on customer service and could likely tell you what 
parts to order and how to fix the vang or maybe how to make adjustments to 
increase loading on the spring.  I'm shrink wrapped and under snow and not 
able to check out my solid vang to see if there is some adjustment mechanism 
on it.

Bob Sloat
Savannah 894 (2002)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Warren Updike" <wupdike at hotmail.com>
To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2013 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] halyard/topping lift


> 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
>>
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