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solvasoncc
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Initially Posted - 12/03/2015 :  07:50:19  Show Profile
I have a 2000 WK with what appears to be a new mast circa 2009. I am having difficulty discerning this setup (photo below) as the forestay looks odd. I intend to add a spinnaker to it, but I need to find the right crane for it. Can anyone tell me what type of masthead this is and where I can find a crane for it?


http://1drv.ms/1lynoDw

FYI. I think the mast is a SR because it can't be but 2-3ft longer than the boat when its down.
Charles

Catalina 250 WK SR Hull #475
College Station, TX

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Response Posted - 12/05/2015 :  05:37:10  Show Profile
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I have a 2000 WK with what appears to be a new mast circa 2009. I am having difficulty discerning this setup (photo below) as the forestay looks odd. I intend to add a spinnaker to it, but I need to find the right crane for it. Can anyone tell me what type of masthead this is and where I can find a crane for it?


http://1drv.ms/1lynoDw

FYI. I think the mast is a SR because it can't be but 2-3ft longer than the boat when its down.




I looked a little closer and I think the forestay is on a shackle through the pin. I think this setup is the late model mast (similar to a Capri 26) but missing the plate that prevents water from running down it. That might help explain some of the leaking at the mast step. At least for now. Please correct me if I am wrong.
Charles

Catalina 250 WK SR Hull #475
College Station, TX
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Ben - FL
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Response Posted - 12/07/2015 :  08:02:08  Show Profile  Visit Ben - FL's Homepage
Looking at your picture it's hard for me to see what is going on.
My '98 250wk w/sr has the forestay pinned at the the peak and is threaded through the luff spare of the CDI roller furler (Flex Furler) and the turnbuckle is at the tack pinned to the stem. And as the CDI Flex Furler has it's own internal halyard you should have a free jib halyard to raise your spinnaker. I do not have a spinnaker so maybe I'm missing something. But I do fly a drifter from the jib halyard.
BTW, if your standing rigging is down now would be a good time to pull that roller cup and drum off and have a look at the turnbuckle. I lost my cup and turnbuckle on the 450 mile trip back from SC and it could only have come off if it did not have any cotter pins in the turnbuckle. Cost me about $350 for parts alone. However I feel fortunate it did not come down on the water!

PS. here is picture from my previous post with the drum and cup apart.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8No3ARuIEpMMFV3ajBNTE81UTQ/view?usp=sharing
Safe voyages,
Ben
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Edited by - Ben - FL on 12/07/2015 08:10:02
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Response Posted - 12/10/2015 :  13:31:37  Show Profile
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Looking at your picture it's hard for me to see what is going on.


I will post a better picture as soon as the weather cooperates. Good idea on the furler. We had a short 2 hr drive home with the boat and when we parked the boat at the house, I realized the furler was beginning to coming apart. Your photo will be of great help.
Charles

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