[C320-list] Rigging Tie Rods

[Warren Updike]

Michael, I've done the chain plates a few times and dealt with tie rods you mention. What I've done is to tighten by hand then turn with wrench until snug. The loads from the mast are transferred directly to the hull via these rods with little to no effect on the deck. I see no reason why they need to be tighter than is sufficient to stay in-place and transfer the loads without movement.
Should you talk to someone at Catalina, please let us know what they say.

Warren and Pattie Updike
1994 C320 "Warr de Mar" #62
Middle River, MD (Chesapeake Bay)

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Leschisin [mailto:mleschisin at imagestudios.com] 
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2018 10:08 AM
To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
Subject: [C320-list] Rigging Tie Rods

Hope everyone is having a great Labor Day weekend and enjoying better weather than here on western Lake Michigan. - gray and rainy.

I’m wondering if anyone has any torque specifications or reference points for the tightness of the tie rods nut that bring the rigging loads down to the interior of the boat and are located behind the settee cushions.  The overall rigging on our ‘04 C320 was substantially loose when we purchased it so I recently tune it up.  One of the interior tie rod nuts was actually finger loose so that obviously needed some tightening. 

I want to make sure I’m keeping enough load on the tie rods so the deck is not drawn upward due to the rigging load, but on the other hand, I want to make sure I’m not putting too much tie rod load on and forcing the deck downward.  

Any advise here?

Thanks much,

Michael Leschisin