Robert. I checked Catalina Direct online and don't find an adjustable
connector, only the bolt type. Must be that they're not carrying it
anymore, unless I'm not looking in the right place.
Jeff Sheler
s/v Windsome
C27TR #6594
Hampton, VA
At 09:59 AM 5/14/2006, you wrote:
Correct, no bolts.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:catalina27-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeffery L. Sheler
> Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 8:20 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: boom connection
>
> I like that idea. So, no bolts into the mast itself?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Robert Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: May 13, 2006 8:48 PM
> >To: [email protected]
> >Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: boom connection
> >
> >Why not just contact Catalina Direct and get a new, adjustable
> >connection? I replaced mine a couple years ago. I think it was $70.
> >My boom rides in the sail slide track. This allows you to raise the
> >boom to various different heights, or to use a down-haul to tighten
the
> >luff. I have an '85.
> >
> >Bob Mann
> >Windcatcher
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:catalina27-
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeffery L. Sheler
> >> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 5:12 PM
> >> To: [email protected]
> >> Subject: catalina27-talk: boom connection
> >>
> >> OK, so I decided to raise the boom about 7 inches on the mast to
allow
> >> more
> >> headroom in the cockpit and possibly make room for a bimini some
day.
> >(I
> >> have 10 to 12 inches leeway at the top of the mast when the
mainsail
> >is
> >> fully raised.) I disconnected the boom by pulling the pin at the
> >> gooseneck,
> >> and with some difficulty removed four bolts that fasten the bracket
to
> >the
> >> mast. In the process, I stripped one bolt and had to drill it out,
> >which
> >> also ruined the threads on the receiving end of the bracket. (The
> >bolts
> >> screw into the bracket and pass on through holes drilled into the
> >mast,
> >> which also have a slight thread.) I drilled new holes into the mast
at
> >the
> >> new location 7 inches up and tried to cut new threads in the ruined
> >hole
> >> in
> >> the bracket, but failed. (My threading tool broke off in the hole.
Did
> >I
> >> mention I'm not real handy?) Next, I ruined another hole when a
second
> >> bolt
> >> got jammed and the head stripped, and I had to drill IT out. (I
> >remained
> >> remarkably cool through all of this.)
> >>
> >> So let's summarize: I now have two working bolts out of four
holding
> >the
> >> connecting bracket to the mast at the new location. The good news
is
> >the
> >> two working bolts are the topmost and bottommost bolts. And the
> >connection
> >> set-up consists of an outer bracket through which the bolts pass
and
> >an
> >> inner bracket with threads that sits in the sail track. When the
bolts
> >are
> >> tightened the two brackets are pressed together pinching against
the
> >lip
> >> of
> >> the sail track. The fact that the bolts pass on through both
brackets
> >into
> >> the mast itself also gives added adhesion, at least as far as
vertical
> >> movement is concerned.
> >>
> >> SO MY QUESTION IS.... am I screwed having only two bolts holding
the
> >> gooseneck connection brackets to the mast? Isn't most of the
pressure
> >at
> >> that point vertical pressure? If so, it seems that two bolts might
be
> >> sufficient. If not, and if I need to have four bolts securing it,
it
> >seems
> >> that my options are: 1) re-drilling and re-threading the two bad
> >holes
> >> (remember my track record on that is not good), or getting a new
inner
> >> connecting bracket (the one that goes inside the track, with
threads).
> >If
> >> that's what I must do, does anyone know where I can get one? (Mine
is
> >an
> >> 89
> >> C27 Tall Rig).
> >>
> >> Sorry for the long post, and thanks for any helpful suggestions
anyone
> >> might care to offer.
> >>
> >>
> >> Jeff Sheler
> >> s/v Windsome
> >> C27TR #6594
> >> Hampton, VA
> >
> >
