John, I've not removed the panel in the v berth however you have to remove the small piece of trim that runs along the top of the cabin/v berth to remove the panel. Removing this piece of trim proved to be somewhat troublesome back in the main cabin and quarterberth and I suspect the same situation exists in the v berth.
Apparently what Catalina did was to mount the trim first then drill a hole through it and run the wiring for the lights. So, while you can easily unscrew the trim, you cannot remove it as the wire runs through it. As I remember, there is not a way to disconnect the wire inside the light fixture. I unscrewed the light and lowered it as much as possible so I could get to the trim in back of the light fixture and cut a notch in the trim to get it out of the way. Once you get the trim out of the way, the panel should come out very easy. On my '85, there is a shelf in the front of the v berth that may have to be removed to get some working room. It doesn't seem like there is any thing easy about maintaining boats. John Emmerich C27 TR Louisville, KY > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Oppenheimer > Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 9:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: catalina27-talk: Loose Bow Cleats > > > Yesterday I noticed that my 1985 C27 bow mooring cleats are loose. I > checked another 27 on the dock and found them be loose too. So I am > guessing that this is a common problem that has been fixed many times. > > Looking in Catalina Direct, I find replacement cleats and the > description comment "This might be a good time to fashion a backing > plate to add strength in addition to Catalina's original flat washers." > > So I am guessing that I need to do a little work on this. > > What have others done? > > How hard is it to remove the inside paneling which covers the anchor > locker? And is removing that panel the proper access to the cleats? What > did you use for backing plates? > > Has any one added a top plate, between the cleat and deck, to increase > the top footprint? > > John > 1985 C27TR Cool Change > Lake Travis, Austin, TX >
