[C320-list] Tuning the mast

[millers1 at aol.com]

I am new to the C320 maintenance arena.   I have tuned rod rigging, but not wire.
I am searching the C320 site, but have yet to find specific guidance and loads.  The 
Catalina book provides minimal guidance.  If anyone has specific guidance or a link 
to it I would be grateful.  
Thx.
Art    #680,  Liberty


-----Original Message-----
From: Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com>
To: C320-List <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Wed, May 15, 2013 5:34 pm
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Leak into aft cabin via steering box


Graeme, I had the exact same problem with the cover.  On inspection, I saw
that in the aft bulkhead where the cover meets the bulkhead, there were
several holes drilled to allow water in the cover to drain into the aft
bilge.  However, the holes were, perhaps, 1/2 inch above the interface so
water would build up in the cover before it would drain out.  To remedy, I
drilled several new holes just above where the cover lies so the accumulated
water would be minimal to none.  Then, I applied an adhesive rubber weather
seal, the tube kind that would compress around the cover where it meets the
aft bulkhead.  Any water that has reached the cover drains quickly out.  My
bunk has been dry ever since.

I haven't bothered to reseal the binnacle supports: don't even know if they
are leaking.  A word of caution, if silicone was used, remove as much as you
can of the loose stuff and don't use anything but silicone to reseal.  The
problem is silicone has an oily base that is not compatible with most/any
other sealant you might use.  It seems to only tolerate its own kind.  

Warren & Pattie Updike
1994 C320 #62 "Warr De Mar"

-----Original Message-----
From: Graeme Clark [mailto:cg at skyflyer.co.uk] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 3:29 PM
To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
Subject: [C320-list] Leak into aft cabin via steering box

When it rains ( as it does a lot here in England!) we have a leak running
down the aft wall if the aft cabin from the junction between the box that
covers the steering pulleys beneath the binnacle - the left hand wall if you
are lying on the bunk!

Removing the box it is evident that the leak comes from somewhere "above" 

However it is not obvious where! 

There are three stanchions with football shaped fittings where they join the
deck as well as the stanchion that supports the throttle. All have had some
sort of silicone sealant applied by a previous owner presumably in an
attempt to deal with the problem

So - I have two problems:- easiest way to remove all the old sealant and how
best to re seal it. I guess the area gets a pounding witth the deck brush is
regularly submerged briefly when we sluice down and is subject to large
mechanical loads when crew grap hold of a stanchion as they cross the
cockpit when tacking!

Has anyone else had this problem? Is there possibly another source of the
leak that I haven't considered? My wide (who insists on sleeping on the
left) is fed up with a damp bunk!

Thanks
Graeme
Hull 303, "Simia"

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