[C320-list] Oops! There goes the forestay

[ART HARDEN]

If you post it in the 320 Facebook you can add a link to your  post or if you have dropbox you can add a link to a pic or folder. 

Sent from my iPhone

Art Harden
Catalina 320 "Tortuga" 243
E-42
937.885.9380 (o)
937.477.5544 (m)

> On Aug 22, 2024, at 4:58 PM, Jack Brennan via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:
> 
> If you Google Schaefer 1100 fuller manual and click on the schematic, the piece is no. 40. The u-shaped bracket was cracked and the section above it broke in two.
> 
> 
> 
> Sent via the Samsung Galaxy A32 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone
> 
> 
> 
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Jack Brennan via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com>
> Date: 8/22/24 4:52 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Cc: Jack Brennan <jackbrennan333 at outlook.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Oops! There goes the forestay
> 
> I left in on the boat. I thought about posting a photo, but remembered you can't do that here.
> 
> It's a u-shaped fitting with another piece that has a large clevis pin in it.
> 
> Jack Brennan
> Sonas, 1998 Catalina 320
> Tierra Verde, Fl.
> 
> 
> 
> Sent via the Samsung Galaxy A32 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone
> 
> 
> 
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Ian Neale via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com>
> Date: 8/22/24 4:46 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> Cc: Ian Neale <kiwineales at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Oops! There goes the forestay
> 
> Do you have a picture of the offending turn Jack?
> 
> Thanks, Ian Neale.
> 
> Solutions 1122.
> Sent from. my iPhone
> 
>> On 23 Aug 2024, at 7:52 AM, Jack Brennan via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Just a quick recounting of a problem I had recently that might help someone else:
>> 
>> I was sailing about 10 days ago in 20-plus-knot winds, jib only, when suddenly I heard a big boom. At first, I thought maybe I had absent-mindedly hit a channel marker. Then I saw the forestay with furler swinging through the air.
>> 
>> Somehow, I got the spare halyard rigged as a brace before the mast came down. (Thanks to Catalina for three shrouds on each side!) Then I pulled in the sail and secured the furler before I made a slow, careful motor through choppy seas back to my slip.
>> 
>> What broke was a heavy-duty toggle (I think that's what it's called) at the bottom of the furler that connects the forestay to the turnbuckle. It's hidden by the furling drum, so you can't casually inspect it.
>> 
>> From the looks of it, it had crevice corrosion and had been working itself toward a massive failure for a couple of years. I had the boat rerigged six years ago, so it was fine then, but it was the original toggle, I believe.
>> 
>> The rigger who fixed it told me that he has seen plenty of these toggles break over the years when they get old, so it might be worth a look sometime to prevent a disaster. From what I could tell, you loosen the drum and pull it up to get a look at the toggle.
>> 
>> I'm really glad it happened in Tampa Bay, a couple of miles from the marina, instead of when I'm 30 miles offshore coming home from Key West.
>> 
>> Jack Brennan
>> Sonas, 1998 Catalina 320
>> Tierra Verde, Fl.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>