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sra1895
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Initially Posted - 05/19/2017 :  10:45:54  Show Profile
Big straight line winds in OKC on Tuesday night brought down a friend's mast. Anyone near the great state of Oklahoma have an extra mast and tabernacle for a Catalina 25 SR SK ?? Thanks
Steve

michael.j.wenger
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Response Posted - 05/19/2017 :  11:37:17  Show Profile
Have this person contact Bill Rains,on Lake Hefner in OKC. Bill has spares for almost everything and is fantastic to work with. His website is

http://www.sailorbrains.com/
Michael Wenger
Norman OK (Lake Thunderbird)
"Sea of Tea" (SK/TR)
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dasreboot
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Response Posted - 05/19/2017 :  11:45:14  Show Profile  Visit dasreboot's Homepage
have a tabernacle that i got off this site. you can have for shipping if u need.
Todd Lewis
Eowyn 87 TR/WK C25 #5656
ARWEN 84 TR/SK C25 #4031
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hewebb
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Response Posted - 05/23/2017 :  03:03:50  Show Profile
I sent you an e-mail
1988 WK/SR w/inboard diesel Joe Pool Lake
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 05/23/2017 :  20:51:55  Show Profile
... that's why I took down my mast to replace the 12 yo rigging. I completely replaced all the rigging this weekend. Now all I need is a dry sunny afternoon to raise the mast again. A big wind should not be able to take down the main element of a wind-powered machine.
Bruce Ross
Passage ~ SR-FK ~ C25 #5032

Port Captain — Milford, CT
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dasreboot
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Response Posted - 05/24/2017 :  03:50:42  Show Profile  Visit dasreboot's Homepage
quote:
Originally posted by Voyager

. A big wind should not be able to take down the main element of a wind-powered machine.

Ive always wondered about that myself. I guess something windblown like plywood could hit the mast and bend it. I wonder if that is what happens when sailboats at dock lose their naked spars in big winds.
Todd Lewis
Eowyn 87 TR/WK C25 #5656
ARWEN 84 TR/SK C25 #4031
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 05/24/2017 :  06:57:47  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by dasreboot

Ive always wondered about that myself. I guess something windblown like plywood could hit the mast and bend it. I wonder if that is what happens when sailboats at dock lose their naked spars in big winds.
Sometimes it's rigs getting tangled or catching a piling as boats are rolling in the waves coming through the marina. Things could get dicey in the boat club where Passage lived when a storm tide sent waves across the adjoining parking lot.
Dave Bristle
Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT
PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 05/24/2017 :  17:30:13  Show Profile
That's for sure Dave. When I was on the slip in the Housatonic a few years back we had a wicked nor'easter that heeled Passage so far over that the stern pulpit caught on the dock edge and bent it beyond repair. Never saw that one coming!
Thank God a fellow forum member had a replacement for sale. Schtufff happens in bad weather that you often cannot predict or prepare for. Snagging your rig in the neighbor's is another.
Bruce Ross
Passage ~ SR-FK ~ C25 #5032

Port Captain — Milford, CT
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sra1895
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Response Posted - 05/25/2017 :  05:38:47  Show Profile
I believe our spars sparred. Our slips are very close together with no finger piers for separation. I looked at the weather history for that night and there were 80 MPH gusts from the perfect, or not so perfect direction.
Steve
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sra1895
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Response Posted - 05/25/2017 :  05:40:20  Show Profile
Also, I just noticed that I'm listed as a guest when I have been an association member since 1996.
Steve
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Stinkpotter
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 05/25/2017 :  07:00:29  Show Profile
...and never posted until this thread? Shame!
Dave Bristle
Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT
PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge
Edited by - Stinkpotter on 05/25/2017 07:01:36
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bigelowp
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Response Posted - 05/28/2017 :  19:16:11  Show Profile
First, so sorry to hear of the mast loss -- must have been quite a storm. If/when the forecast indicates it is always best to remove sails -- albeit not always possible. I remove my mast every winter to both reduce stress on the poor 37 year old chain plates and standing rigging, and to inspect mast and standing rigging to make sure I see problems before they are problems. That said, every year -- a few times -- a "wind event" that is not forecast occurs and I cross my fingers . . . . .
Peter Bigelow
C-25 TR/FK #2092 Limerick
Rowayton, Ct
Port Captain: Rowayton/Norwalk/Darien CT
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