Steve Roberts Pearl 1980 CNC 36 CB Palm Coast, FL (Daytona Beach) I am currently working towards re-stepping the mast on Pearl. The mast was damaged when Hurricane Mathew came through. She was on jack stands in a marina up North at the time, but fell over, her mast’s upper spreader hit another boat in the yard, damaging that boat as well as pushing in the spreader base and sheering the metal along one side. The intermediate -4 rod shrouds were cut off just below the head by the insurance company's salvage people. The Navtang (through bolt?) was stripped in the process of removal. I have repaired the mast at this point with a friend’s help. We drilled and tapped a total of 8 holes around the tear. We then drilled larger holes to match in 1/4” steel through which we used threaded rod and double nuts to “pull” the dented mast out. The double nuts were used so as to pull the aluminum up rather than the threaded rod down. We used a scribe to approximate the curvature of the mast to get it as close as possible to original shape. The final step was to have a TIG welder repair the tear and fill in the 8 holes plus the spreader base 6 holes, which we then re drilled and tapped. I’ve found a local machine shop to mill new through bolts in SS, so I’m replacing the upper and lower ones as well. Hopefully I’ll get the rods re headed at Seco South in Largo, Florida next week and be ready to have the mast stepped. In the meantime I’ve been busy getting familiar with this beautiful boat. Last week I had to repair a hairline crack at the top of the holding tank. It was my first attempt at plastic welding. It worked great. Harbor Freight $70. You need 560 degrees BTW, for those who need to weld similar linear high density polyethylene Kracor tanks. Still to go, Adler Barbour refrigeration unit. I think it is the control module. No LED lights, yet I have power. All in all it’s been fun working on her these last 4 weeks now. Can’t wait to get her sails up. Any questions, suggestions, let me know. Glad to have you guys. Appreciate all the information.
> On Feb 14, 2017, at 10:46 AM, Steve Thomas via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Steve, > My name is also Steve, and I am also fixing up a 1980 C&C 36, so it > would help to reduce confusion if you would provide a little more > identification in your posts. Most of listers have adopted the convention of > signing with our boat model and location, or something along that line. I > look forward to comparing notes on our respective projects. If you have the > rig down, I would like to know what size thread is on the intermediate shroud > rigging screw. One of mine broke in hurricane Matthew. It looks like 5/16 > from the deck, but I would like to know without having to climb up there. > > Steve Thomas > C&C36 > Merritt Island, FL > > ---- Steve via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > My newly acquired 1980 CNC 36 had the heads cut off of the intermediate > shrouds. In trying to get them re-headed I discovered I'm missing 1 ball from > under the cap. The through bolt needs replacing as well as possibly the caps. > Question is, did Navtec go to a different option because of the dissimilar > metals issue? Suggestions please? > Sent from my iPhone > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish > to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All Contributions are greatly appreciated! _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
