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TakeFive
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Initially Posted - 12/04/2010 : 20:10:31

I plan to replace the masthead sheaves on my C250. Catalina Direct has an exact replacement:

http://www.catalinadirect.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display& product_ID=171

... but I would prefer to find one that is more UV resistant, like their alternative (but which unfortunately is about half the width of the originals):

http://www.catalinadirect.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display& product_ID=34

Have any of you found a better replacement from a 3rd party source that is the same dimensions as the original?

Rick S., Swarthmore, PA
PO of Take Five, 1998 Catalina 250WK #348 (relocated to Baltimore's Inner Harbor)
New owner of 2001 Catalina 34MkII #1535 Breakin' Away (at Rock Hall Landing Marina)

Edited by - TakeFive on 12/05/2010 07:49:38

PCP777
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Response Posted - 12/06/2010 : 11:09:08

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by RhythmDoctor
 I plan to replace the masthead sheaves on my C250. Catalina Direct has an exact replacement:

http://www.catalinadirect.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display& product_ID=171

... but I would prefer to find one that is more UV resistant, like their alternative (but which unfortunately is about half the width of the originals):

http://www.catalinadirect.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display& product_ID=34

Have any of you found a better replacement from a 3rd party source that is the same dimensions as the original?
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I had 4 of the black ones with a separator and when my main halyard one cracked due to UV exposure and age I switched to two of the white kinds and removed the separator as well as reduced my halyards to main and spin.

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John Russell
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Response Posted - 12/06/2010 : 14:41:43

If the blacks are indeed better, maybe 2 of them with bushings in between and alongside to take up any additional space and keep them aligned?

Edited by - John Russell on 12/06/2010 14:42:05

PCP777
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Response Posted - 12/06/2010 : 15:29:13

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by John Russell
 If the blacks are indeed better, maybe 2 of them with bushings in between and alongside to take up any additional space and keep them aligned?
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That's the way mine were originally with a plate divider in between them.

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GaryB
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Response Posted - 12/06/2010 : 22:03:07

The originals lasted 12 years. Are you planning on keeping the boat another 12? Make life easy, go with the originals.

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Response Posted - 12/11/2010 : 19:23:41

I just received the new masthead sheaves from CD and they are the full width black ones. I am very pleased, be even better when i get them installed!!

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Response Posted - 12/11/2010 : 20:20:42

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by skybird
 I just received the new masthead sheaves from CD and they are the full width black ones. I am very pleased, be even better when i get them installed!!
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I pulled the old ones off my masthead today, and was about to place an order with CD. Which ones did you order? Are they this one, but supplied in black:

http://www.catalinadirect.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display& product_ID=171& ParentCat=407

or some other one? If a different one, which one was it?

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skybird
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Response Posted - 12/11/2010 : 21:32:55

E1316 is the product id as in your link above. Looks just like the picture except black. Wasn't sure i needed them, but i did definitely need the exit blocks and they have the black sheaves in them also, so i am going to replace all of them tomorrow.

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