John was correct about the holes for the cabin lights in the molding. But, I was able to move the molding over enough to remove the forward anchor locker panel and the shelf. I can just barley get a finger on the forward nuts.
Actually the panel and shelf disassembly was quite easy, only took about ten minutes. Using a bazillion candle power, everything below looks like new. No cracks or compression around the washers noted. It looks as if the nuts just backed off some and the cleat is loose. Actually, very loose, I can raise one about 1/8 inch above the deck. They will not tighten, it will take two people to do the job. I am guessing that this is self inflected. I have both spring and bow lines looped on the same cleat. When they are both tensioned, they develop pressure between the deck and cleat. I need to find a better way to secure the bow! John The Emmerichs wrote: > 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
