I was picking up a Harken roller furler this weekend and noticed something I had not seen before on a Catalina 27. The owner was refitting his boat and was in the process of removing/filling in some of the thru hull fittings. He pointed out that the hull, that everyone believes to be solid fiberglass is really a glass.foam/glass sandwich! His boat, $4813, a 1981 model, is a close sister to my #4795, also an '81, just 18 hulls from mine, so I made some photos for reference and thought I would pass them on here. The first is the head thru hull and the second is another nearby smaller hole. I am posting these here for your reference. They are NOT to scale.
Joe McCary Aeolus II. #4795, West River, MD www.aeoluswestriver.net joe at photoresponse dot com
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