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  • BarryL
    BarryL reacted to Scott T-Bird's post in the thread Mast Down Inspection with Like Like.
    That weld is common on Catalinas with double spreader rig, I think. It's on my boat. The double spreader allows less weight aloft...
  • BarryL
    BarryL reacted to frenzy13's post in the thread Mast Down Inspection with Like Like.
    I think the weld is there to taper the extrusion. They cut a little out of each side of the mast bend it together and weld,
  • Scott T-Bird
    Scott T-Bird replied to the thread Mast Down Inspection.
    That weld is common on Catalinas with double spreader rig, I think. It's on my boat. The double spreader allows less weight aloft...
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  • Rich Stidger
    Rich Stidger replied to the thread Mast Down Inspection.
    You have a UFO-III TV antenna that will receive and amplify both VHF (analog) and UHF (analog & digital) band. It is not the latest and...
  • BigEasy
    BigEasy reacted to Will Gilmore's post in the thread Sleeping offshore with Like Like.
    To re-address the original post: It seems like a bad idea to simply sleep through the night on a solo sail. When I was offshore at...
  • BigEasy
    BigEasy reacted to dlochner's post in the thread Mast Down Inspection with Helpful Helpful.
    Freshwater sailors seldom replace their standing rigging. With the mast down, take the rigging off, label it and send to a rigger and...
  • BigEasy
    BigEasy replied to the thread Catalina 22 swing keel.
    Might be a good time to buy a trailer, new or used, or as @dlochner advised, haul it out & store in marina yard. If low water is going...
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    dlochner replied to the thread Mast Down Inspection.
    Freshwater sailors seldom replace their standing rigging. With the mast down, take the rigging off, label it and send to a rigger and...
  • WayneH
    WayneH reacted to NYSail's post in the thread Parts found under Yanmar 3YM30 with Like Like.
    Throw them out and you will soon after realize what they were.
  • FastOlson
    FastOlson replied to the thread Mast Down Inspection.
    If the standing rig is over 2 decades old, even in fresh water, replace it. Immediately. This is deferred maintenance and should have...
  • FastOlson
    FastOlson reacted to frenzy13's post in the thread Mast Down Inspection with Like Like.
    I think the weld is there to taper the extrusion. They cut a little out of each side of the mast bend it together and weld,
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    frenzy13 replied to the thread Mast Down Inspection.
    I think the weld is there to taper the extrusion. They cut a little out of each side of the mast bend it together and weld,
  • john6206
    john6206 replied to the thread Mast Down Inspection.
    @dlochner Thanks!
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    dlochner replied to the thread Mast Down Inspection.
    Sometimes known as buyer's remorse. A common response from people who made major purchased...
  • john6206
    john6206 posted the thread Mast Down Inspection in Ask All Sailors.
    In the records of my new-to-me 30 year old Catalina 320, there was no mention of standing rigging ever being replaced or the mast ever...
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