[C320-list] Charleston spar - Toggle, threaded pin

[tharrison at innovations-plus.com]

Thanks - problem solved by RigRite. they provide excellent service and all the information can be found on their web site. 

My problem - wear on the gooseneck and GN bracket. 

If the goose neck is rubbing on the gooseneck bracket then there is a 8 mm S/S washer missing. It sits in the bottom hole of the GNB. The threaded pin sits on this washer and prevents wear. This fixes my issue. 

Thanks again - the folks here are the best !

Ted hull 424 

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> On May 15, 2015, at 8:41 AM, "Jeff Hare" <Catalina at thehares.com> wrote:
> 
> Check with RigRite not Charleston.  It is probably the retail arm.
> 
> Rig-Rite, Inc.
> Phone: (001) 401-739-1140 -- FAX: (001) 401-739-1149
> www.RigRite.com         Ordering/Questions
> 
> I suspect your age of boat has an Isomat boom profile which takes different
> parts.  RigRite lists/sells all the parts I believe.
> 
> There was an interesting story that I used to know (back before CRS set it)
> that I heard from Gerry.  It was something like that sailboat mfgrs got
> together and formed a company in order to be able to afford to have Masts
> made.  Foundries didn't want to deal with the quantities an individual boat
> maker needed, so they got together and 'Charleston' manages the relationship
> with the foundry and getting mast/boom extrusion time at the foundries.  I
> may have some of the details wrong but that's the gist of it.
> 
> -Jeff Hare
> #809
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C320-list [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf
> Of tharrison at innovations-plus.com
> Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 8:21 AM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Charleston spar - Toggle, threaded pin
> 
> Jeff that looks like the part. 
> 
> I will give them a call this morning.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ted
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C320-list [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf
> Of Jeff Hare
> Sent: May-15-15 8:15 AM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Charleston spar - Toggle, threaded pin
> 
> Ted,
> 
> I *think* the toggle changed some between your boat and later boats but I'm
> not sure but it might depend on the boom you have.
> 
> Here's the Charleston spar manual.  Look at page 8 and you'll see what the
> new toggle/pin looks like.
> 
> http://www.catalina320.com/filemgmt_data/files/Catalina320_Standard_Mast.pdf
> 
> 
> According to Gerry, earlier booms were more flat sections and angles,
> whereas newer C320 boom share the same extrusion shape as the mast but
> smaller diameter.  The newer C320 boom is cut from the mast extrusion of a
> smaller Catalina (like a 22 or 27 or something) so that they didn't need to
> use separate extrusions for the boom.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C320-list [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf
> Of tharrison at innovations-plus.com
> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 5:16 PM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: [C320-list] Charleston spar - Toggle, threaded pin
> 
> Does anyone know where you can get the toggle, threaded pin, and bushing
> that goes between the mast and the boom?
> 
> 1997 Catalina 320 with a Charleston spar. 
> 
> 
> Ted
> Hull 424 
> 
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> 
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