Checking the boat on a regular basis is really important. As the boat swings the chain can twist and actually shorten itself. If your mooring system is not set really well, as Herb said, it can pick up and bounce along the bottom. Hopefully not hitting anything and coming to rest before getting on the beach. We had a blow a couple of years ago and three boats broke free. All three had not been checked in a while and did not put on extra ropes. All three cut their ropes. Watched the first one go. The police boat actually got it before it got to the beach. Pretty amazing to watch. Then they cleared the shore. Something about the wind and it being to dangerous.
Christian Planton Rainbows End C27tr Westport, CT -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Herb Clark Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 8:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IC27A] Re: Broken Tiler to ruder connection Robert, I once had the tiller on my Catalina 25 come lose from the rudder while on a mooring at Lake Almanor in northern CA. I had the tiller up and between my main sheet to keep the rudder centered. Evidently, the wave motion during windy times made the rudder work enough to loosen the bolts holding the tiller to the tiller. I wouldn't have believed it could happen until i witnessed it first hand. I replaced the bolts and used nylock nuts to prevent the situation from re occurring. If I were to ever do it again, I would leave the tiller centered in the horizontal position and kept centered there by two heavy duty bungee cords. You want things to "work a bit" if necessary to avoid breaking if possible. I would also check the boat on a regular basis and make sure my mooring pennant was working properly. Sometimes, they can foul, shorten, and under the right conditions bounce the mooring, and the weight holding the mooring, off the bottom so it moves down the beach. Another lesson learned the hard way. When leaving a boat at the mercy of the weather gods on a buoy, it's always wise to remember "Murphy's Law!" Herb Clark [email protected] Chico Yacht Club s/v Imagine - Catalina 270 s/v Hotel Charlie - Catalina 25' d/s Coyote - Coronado 15' "Why sail a blow when I can tow?" On Feb 23, 2010, at 5:34 PM, sailmark4 wrote: > Check Ebay. There is one advertised for a Catalina 30 for a good > price so far. I think they may be the same as the 27 (not sure though) > > Mark 'Solution" 4289 > > --- In [email protected], Robert Macura <rmac...@...> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I just visited my Catalina and was paraplexed to discover that > the metal part (sorry don't know the proper name) that connects > tiler to ruder has been broken. It is like clean cut, on both > sides, tiler was just hanging lose on the elastic cord I used to > connect it to. There are no marks on the tiler (or even the tiler > cover) so I have absolutly no clue how it would have happen. Any > ideas? > > > > Also, anybody has a spare part willing to sell? Any idea when I > could purchase it? I know that snow is still here but I feel Spring > in the air...As always appreciate you help. > > > > Best > > > > Robert > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
