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Keith D.
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Initially Posted - 04/21/2004 :  18:45:38  Show Profile
Yes I was inspired by Frank’s deck plate in this post http://www.catalina25-250.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5564.
I am in the middle of running my lines back to the cockpit and had no place to hook the blocks to lead them back to the organizers. I checked with Catalina and they don’t use a deck plate. They weld a tab to the compression post. My compression post is aluminum and I could have welded tabs on mine but it would have messed up the anodization. So I was looking for another solution and came upon Frank’s post. Thank you for sharing that picture with us Frank.
I went out to the garage and found a piece of stainless steel, which had lived a life as something else and started cutting and drilling on it, till I ended up with this.

It is actually a modified copy of the one Frank made. Stainless is hard to work with and going was slow. I think I spent six hours on this little part. Well I am on to the next step of mounting the organizers and clutches.

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 04/21/2004 :  19:20:22  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
You nailed it, (or is that drilled it), great job!

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"It is actually a modified copy of the one Frank made."

No No I just drilled the mounting holes, I ordered the part. You are way past my skill level.
Edited by - Frank Hopper on 04/21/2004 21:36:44
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 04/21/2004 :  20:04:34  Show Profile
Nice work, Keith!
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frog0911
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Response Posted - 04/21/2004 :  21:12:05  Show Profile
One excellant piece of workmanship.
"WELL DONE" KEITH
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Oscar
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Response Posted - 04/21/2004 :  22:04:58  Show Profile  Visit Oscar's Homepage
<font size="6">nice</font id="size6">

(I ordered mine from Garhauer, fit perfectly $25.00 plus some shipping, however it did not have the tabs in front and back. I would have liked thm in the back for the vang...)

Oscar
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Edited by - Oscar on 04/21/2004 22:07:16
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Keith D.
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Response Posted - 04/22/2004 :  10:12:34  Show Profile
I did not know you could buy these things. Do they come with the shim plate?
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Oscar
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Response Posted - 04/22/2004 :  18:19:52  Show Profile  Visit Oscar's Homepage
Nope. I saw the second piece you made, and wondered what it was for..I shimmed my compression post at the bottom, because it was lifted by the mast plate. I used a slice of pipe, just the right diameter to support the post.

Oscar
250WB#618 Lady Kay on the Chesapeake
Edited by - Oscar on 04/22/2004 18:21:11
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Gary B.
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Response Posted - 04/23/2004 :  00:48:48  Show Profile
That is a beautiful piece of work! I wonder if you are using something as a spacer/shim, etc. between the aluminum mast and the s.s. bracket to prevent any potential electrolisis? If in salt, could that not be an issue?

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Keith D.
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Response Posted - 04/23/2004 :  11:32:17  Show Profile
This is a salt-water boat and had I thought about it I would have put a sheet of mylar between the compression post and the plate. I have only run into an electrolysis problem once on rigging. On one of my other boats I had a stainless steel shackle pin which went through an aluminum casting. When I went to take down the forestay off after many years of sitting in salt water I had to cut the shackle off. I had to take the casting off the boat and put it in a 20-ton press. The gauge showed 12,000 LB before the pin let loose. I was definitely impressed with what electrolysis could do. I will keep an eye on it.
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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 04/23/2004 :  13:28:20  Show Profile  Visit Arlyn Stewart's Homepage
I think the step and compression post are both stainless. The aluminum mast is insulated (at least on my boat) by a composite bearing plate / shim attached to the mast. The thru bolt slots on the mast step are slotted long enough to allow I think 1" of additional bearing plate if the shrouds become too short for adjustment.
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Oscar
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Response Posted - 04/23/2004 :  17:16:22  Show Profile  Visit Oscar's Homepage
Second Arlyn on the SS post...based on what it weighed when I had it out......

Oscar, on the road.
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Keith D.
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Response Posted - 04/23/2004 :  20:39:08  Show Profile
The step and the compression post are both aluminum on my boat. Very light weight. Catalina must have found it too expensive and went to a steel assembly on later boats. The steel ones are chromed and the aluminum ones are anodized. See above picture of step.
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