Correct, no bolts.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:catalina27-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeffery L. Sheler
> Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 8:20 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: boom connection
>
> I like that idea. So, no bolts into the mast itself?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Robert Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: May 13, 2006 8:48 PM
> >To: [email protected]
> >Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: boom connection
> >
> >Why not just contact Catalina Direct and get a new, adjustable
> >connection? I replaced mine a couple years ago. I think it was $70.
> >My boom rides in the sail slide track. This allows you to raise the
> >boom to various different heights, or to use a down-haul to tighten
the
> >luff. I have an '85.
> >
> >Bob Mann
> >Windcatcher
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:catalina27-
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeffery L. Sheler
> >> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 5:12 PM
> >> To: [email protected]
> >> Subject: catalina27-talk: boom connection
> >>
> >> OK, so I decided to raise the boom about 7 inches on the mast to
allow
> >> more
> >> headroom in the cockpit and possibly make room for a bimini some
day.
> >(I
> >> have 10 to 12 inches leeway at the top of the mast when the
mainsail
> >is
> >> fully raised.) I disconnected the boom by pulling the pin at the
> >> gooseneck,
> >> and with some difficulty removed four bolts that fasten the bracket
to
> >the
> >> mast. In the process, I stripped one bolt and had to drill it out,
> >which
> >> also ruined the threads on the receiving end of the bracket. (The
> >bolts
> >> screw into the bracket and pass on through holes drilled into the
> >mast,
> >> which also have a slight thread.) I drilled new holes into the mast
at
> >the
> >> new location 7 inches up and tried to cut new threads in the ruined
> >hole
> >> in
> >> the bracket, but failed. (My threading tool broke off in the hole.
Did
> >I
> >> mention I'm not real handy?) Next, I ruined another hole when a
second
> >> bolt
> >> got jammed and the head stripped, and I had to drill IT out. (I
> >remained
> >> remarkably cool through all of this.)
> >>
> >> So let's summarize: I now have two working bolts out of four
holding
> >the
> >> connecting bracket to the mast at the new location. The good news
is
> >the
> >> two working bolts are the topmost and bottommost bolts. And the
> >connection
> >> set-up consists of an outer bracket through which the bolts pass
and
> >an
> >> inner bracket with threads that sits in the sail track. When the
bolts
> >are
> >> tightened the two brackets are pressed together pinching against
the
> >lip
> >> of
> >> the sail track. The fact that the bolts pass on through both
brackets
> >into
> >> the mast itself also gives added adhesion, at least as far as
vertical
> >> movement is concerned.
> >>
> >> SO MY QUESTION IS.... am I screwed having only two bolts holding
the
> >> gooseneck connection brackets to the mast? Isn't most of the
pressure
> >at
> >> that point vertical pressure? If so, it seems that two bolts might
be
> >> sufficient. If not, and if I need to have four bolts securing it,
it
> >seems
> >> that my options are: 1) re-drilling and re-threading the two bad
> >holes
> >> (remember my track record on that is not good), or getting a new
inner
> >> connecting bracket (the one that goes inside the track, with
threads).
> >If
> >> that's what I must do, does anyone know where I can get one? (Mine
is
> >an
> >> 89
> >> C27 Tall Rig).
> >>
> >> Sorry for the long post, and thanks for any helpful suggestions
anyone
> >> might care to offer.
> >>
> >>
> >> Jeff Sheler
> >> s/v Windsome
> >> C27TR #6594
> >> Hampton, VA
> >
> >
