Cat 34 in Practical Sailor

Feb 26, 2004
22,760
Catalina 34 224 Maple Bay, BC, Canada
Photos are of my boat. I helped edit that article, can't take any credit or blame for the errors, and there are a few. :)
 
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Feb 26, 2004
22,760
Catalina 34 224 Maple Bay, BC, Canada
Yup, Les. That's one of the bigger ones. :D But the gear case housings are almost impossible to find these days. Just as disastrous...operationally.
 
May 20, 2016
3,014
Catalina 36 MK1 94 Everett, WA
My boat suffered a original bracket failure right before I bought it. They welded up the timing cover, Still weeping oil -- funny (or sad) thing they put the old bracket back on after welding the cover back up!!

Les
 
Feb 26, 2004
22,760
Catalina 34 224 Maple Bay, BC, Canada
My boat suffered a original bracket failure right before I bought it.
My boat suffered a original bracket failure right AFTERI bought it. I even had the new bracket!!! That's why I wrote the article on the C34 website/wiki back in 1999 and why many of us have been "raving" about it for the past two decades. Still some boats out there without the mod...

And then there are jerks like this:

http://c34.org/bbs/index.php/topic,7917.msg55150.html#msg55150