Hi all,
My first post here, but not my last as I have many questions as I refurbish my 1982 Catalina 22 (#11035). Raised the boat off the trailer and dropped the keel to do a bottom job. The keel 'cable' from PO is actually a braided nylon (?) line, appx 3/16" diameter. It obviously has done its job- I used it on 3 sails over the summer after acquiring the boat. He had it attached in an interesting way- a short nylon rope is attached to winch drum, and goes about 1 wrap around and ends in a bowline. He then attached the 'cable' with a bowline and this had a bowline around the shackle attached to the keel eye bolt.
Questions: 1) has anyone ever heard of using nylon; any pros/cons out there. 2) The winch drum clamp for the cable is on the backside of the drum, very hard to access. Any thoughts short of pulling drum off or using a mirror to see my work when I attach a new cable?
Thanks for your thoughts
My first post here, but not my last as I have many questions as I refurbish my 1982 Catalina 22 (#11035). Raised the boat off the trailer and dropped the keel to do a bottom job. The keel 'cable' from PO is actually a braided nylon (?) line, appx 3/16" diameter. It obviously has done its job- I used it on 3 sails over the summer after acquiring the boat. He had it attached in an interesting way- a short nylon rope is attached to winch drum, and goes about 1 wrap around and ends in a bowline. He then attached the 'cable' with a bowline and this had a bowline around the shackle attached to the keel eye bolt.
Questions: 1) has anyone ever heard of using nylon; any pros/cons out there. 2) The winch drum clamp for the cable is on the backside of the drum, very hard to access. Any thoughts short of pulling drum off or using a mirror to see my work when I attach a new cable?
Thanks for your thoughts