[C320-list] Tuning the mast

[Chris Burti]

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Rig Tune and Sail Selection
Saturday, August 28 2004 @ 01:34 PM WST

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RIG TUNE AND SAIL SELECTION FOR CATALINA 320

Mark Yeager
Quantum Sails-Dallas
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Fair Winds,
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Commitment #867

On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 7:22 PM,  <millers1 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> 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"
>
> Sent from mobile: please excuse typos etc.!
>
>
>
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>



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Chris Burti
Farmville, NC