[C320-list] Stanchions

[Dave Rath]

Just another note about replacement stanchions. The replacement gate stanchions are shaped different than the original depending on where your model was manufactured. 320s manufactured in California have a wider angle on the lower support bar on the gate. 320s manufactured in Florida have a parallel angle on the lower support bar. I think this has something to do with later models and Catalina recognizing that the stanchions with the wider angle were not worth engineering a replacement grommet at the angled entry point where the lifeline entered the lower support bar. The stanchions with the parallel lower bar don’t have this issue.

The resulting problem of this modification is that the footing on the parallel bar is closer to the main support bar of the stanchion than the original angled lower bar. And so, when you replace an “angle” gate stanchion with a “parallel” gate stanchion, you’ll have to drill new screw holes in the deck. You will have two unused screw holes in the deck where the original angle stanchion was screwed in. Booooh!

Dave
Sugar
Greenport, NY

From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> on behalf of Elan Krueger via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com>
Date: Friday, April 12, 2024 at 12:42 PM
To: C320-List at catalina320.com <C320-List at catalina320.com>
Cc: Elan Krueger <elankrueger10 at gmail.com>, Dave Rath via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com>
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Stanchions
Next time I’m on the boat I’ll look closely. Frankly during the survey I was concerned about other things. Boat leaks like a sieve, but that’s a topic for another thread.
Elan

Elan Krueger
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elankrueger

> On Apr 12, 2024, at 11:09 AM, KEN GEIGER via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:
>
> During winter storage a load of snow came off the next boat onto my cover and structure, breaking it and bending two stanchions. Starboard side, double gate unit and one forward.  The gate unit had to come off, which a task and a half, to be straitened in press.  Putting back on was near impossible.  For the other stanchion I devised a tool to hold the bottom using my body weight to minimize the stress on the deck and caulking.  Then just levered the stanchion tube back into position.  I can send pictures and dimensions of the tool to interested members.
> Ken Geiger2000 #765 Nothern Dream
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>  On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 10:26 a.m., Dave Rath via C320-list<c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:   Hello Elan,
> I found they are impossible to straighten once bent. They will weaken and you run the risk of stressing out the footing if you use force to attempt to bend them back into position while still screwed in the deck.  I eventually replaced each of mine. It is a two-person job, but doable.
>
> Dave
> Sugar
> Greenport, NY
>
>> On Apr 12, 2024, at 10:04 AM, Elan Krueger via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:
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>> Chris:
>>
>> Interesting. Did you need heat or just muscle power to straighten?
>>
>> Elan
>>
>> Elan Krueger
>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/elankrueger
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>>>> On Apr 11, 2024, at 8:22 PM, Chris Burti via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:
>>> They are straight when they leave the factory. However, they are fairly easy to bend and tend to get an inward slant over time from enthusiastic dockside helpers when you come in a little hot. If they are all at a consistent angle, you might consider leaving them alone because repeated bending of stainless steel will quickly work harden it and they can break. I had one that was bent and looked odd, so I straightened it with no ill effect, but after that anyone who grabbed a stanchion at the dock got an ear full.
>>>
>>> Fair winds,
>>> Chris Burti
>>> Formerly C-320 #867
>>>
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>>> Cc: elankrueger10 at gmail.com <elankrueger10 at gmail.com>; 'Teddy Clausen' <rclausen1 at bigpond.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Stanchions
>>>
>>> Interesting, I'm buying hull #451 and that the stanchions were bent in was on the survey report, though noted as structurally fine. The surveyor thought the PO's racing crew may have leaned on the lifelines a bit, but maybe that the way they are built? Not near the boat so can't take pics, unfortunately.
>>>
>>> Elan
>>>
>>> Elan Krueger
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> On Behalf Of Teddy Clausen via C320-list
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2024 4:55 PM
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>>> Cc: Teddy Clausen <rclausen1 at bigpond.com>
>>> Subject: [C320-list] Stanchions
>>>
>>>   Hi
>>>   Would anyone be able to take some photos of the base of the
>>>   stanchions,  also are they straight or are they slightly inwards?
>>>   Safe sailing
>>>   Teddy Clausen
>>>   Cool Change 294
>>>   Port Macquarie Australia
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