Hi Dave, hi all, Gotta agree with Dave on this. My gooseneck also slides in the sail track. When I mounted a bimini in my cockpit, and wanted the boom higher, I noted that the main when fully hoisted still had 2 feet to spare at the top, so I just raised the boom about a foot and a half and was all done. No worries!
Larry Taborek C27 Dixie Chicken > No bolts on mine - gooseneck slides in the sail track - Not sure I'd want > to > have a fixed gooseneck - actually come to think of it I've never owned a > sailboat with a fixed gooseneck > > 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 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 >> >> > > > > Dixie Chicken is FOR SALE: You can view the boat at: http://www.taborek.net/Dixie_Chicken/For_Sale/For_Sale.shtml ----------------------------------------- Join ISP.COM today - $8.95 internet , less than 1/2 the cost of AOL Try us out, http://www.isp.com/
