The sail holds it up when raised, on mine there is a stop that fits in the track that it rests on when the sail is down. There is a downhaul line on the gooseneck that keeps the gooseneck boom from rising when underway.
Dave C27 #5212 Windabout Cape Cod, MA http://dpbcc.home.comcast.net -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeffery L. Sheler Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 5:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: boom connection Dave. I checked the Catalina Direct link you sent. What holds the slide in place, keeping it from sliding it up and down? At 01:50 PM 5/14/2006, you wrote: >Gooseneck slide: >http://www.catalinadirect.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ I >D=930 > >I've attached a picture of the end of my boom showing the hook up. > > >Dave >C27 #5212 >Windabout >Cape Cod, MA >http://dpbcc.home.comcast.net > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeffery L. Sheler >Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 10:08 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: boom connection > >Robert. I checked Catalina Direct online and don't find an adjustable >connector, only the bolt type. Must be that they're not carrying it >anymore, unless I'm not looking in the right place. > > >Jeff Sheler >s/v Windsome >C27TR #6594 >Hampton, VA > >At 09:59 AM 5/14/2006, you wrote: > >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 > > > > > > > > > > > >
