Spreader fasteners?

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gdanza

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Sep 30, 2009
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Catalina 22 Visalia, Ca
had my Cat 22 up at Huntington Lake wit the fam and friends... oldest son and his friend were holding on to the shrouds while heeling, and after awhile, a screw hit the deck. A few minutes and a tack later, another screw hit the deck. I looked to see and lo, they were falling from the spreader mounts on the side of the mast.... was looking at the mounting.... looks like the holes in the mast have stripped and I am thinking this is not really a good thing. thinking threads will strip again, and leave me twisting in the wind.... the spreader mounts are cast aluminum, and I am not sure how much drilling they can withstand in order to run 6 bolts or alll thread with nuts on the out side.... What do you think?
 
Dec 2, 1999
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Hunter Vision-36 Rio Vista, CA.
Greg: if the holes are not too large you may want to try using aluminum pop rivets.
 
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