[C320-list] Port gate stanchion replacement

[Ken Geiger]

Hi Daryl.  May I ask why you are replacing the port gate stanchion?  Our port stanchion was bent over when our winter structure failed under a snow load that slipped off the tarping of the boat beside us.

We took the stanchion off, with some difficult maneuvering and had it straightened in a press.  Amazingly it returned to its original shape. With great maneuvering difficulties and some special coat hanger tools and duct seal to hold nuts to the tools we got it back on.  I also made a special tool to hold the base of the more forward stanchions under my foot while I levered them more straight using a pipe.  

 

 Regards

Ken

 

---- Original Message ----
From: Daryl Hunt <drhunt at rochester.rr.com>
To: C320-List <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Sat, May 5, 2018 1:18 pm
Subject: [C320-list] Port gate stanchion replacement

Greetings fellow C320 owners.  I ordered a replacement port gate 
stanchion for my '99 C320 (#660) a year ago from Catalina Direct and am 
just getting around to the install.  I had to remove some fiberglass to 
access the bolts but finally got the old one off. It wasn't until then 
that I realized the new stanchion is not the same as the original.   The 
tall upright base holes line up but the lower "h" shaped part is 
narrower and lower.  On the original, the lower leg is angled whereas 
the new one is vertical.  Here are images showing the difference 
<https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19oRGlyWshUXXYwMr6LjtRY7HnwTaUvXZ?usp=sharing>. 
   Catalina Direct only shows one type of gate stanchion for the 320s 
<https://www.catalinadirect.com/index.cfm/product/1485_704/gate-stanchion-port-highlow.cfm>. 


The height difference doesn't bother me but the lower stanchion plate is 
~1" short of the original holes.  I might be able to bend it but then 
the plate itself would not be flat.  I'd hate to have to drill new 
holes.  Has anyone else run into this problem?

-- 
Best regards,
Daryl

(585) 233-7814



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