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pastmember
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Initially Posted - 10/12/2011 : 18:57:06

My only justification for posting this is the Catalina 22 MKII stern rail. I sail a Starwind 223 now and it has crummy aft rigging. The mainsheet and single backstay attach to the single tang on the transom. I needed new lifelines and went to the local Catalina dealer to get new ones made and he had a stern rail on his wall that was old, priced at $250, this is the same stern rail design found on the '89 C25 I used to own. Two welds to change the angle of the forward mounting plates and it changed everything. Now I will have a traveler, thank you, thank you, thank you.

I think it looks great

Frank Hopper

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Stinkpotter
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 10/12/2011 : 19:04:47

Frank, any sailboat you own gets better!

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JimGo
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Response Posted - 10/12/2011 : 20:09:12

Nice!

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 10/13/2011 : 05:55:03

Looks great, Frank. I take it you'll be putting in a split backstay then, right?

On your boarding ladder, is that a standoff on the climbing side of the ladder?

Edited by - dlucier on 10/13/2011 05:57:48

OJ
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Response Posted - 10/13/2011 : 06:11:42

I was wondering how you were coming along with latest acquisition Frank. As Dave says above - any boat you own only gets better.

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Response Posted - 10/13/2011 : 08:52:55

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by dlucier
 On your boarding ladder, is that a standoff on the climbing side of the ladder?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Looks right to me--when the ladder swings down, the lower standoff should be against the transom. The upper one (lower in the picture) must be for when the ladder is up.

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JimGo
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Response Posted - 10/13/2011 : 10:03:29

I think it, in effect, becomes an extra grab-handle.

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pastmember
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Response Posted - 10/13/2011 : 19:28:44

Thanks guys, it is fun to try and make a boat what it should be. I had a short backstay made and use a 4:1 purchase between it and the transom, I probably will stay with that, to split it would require going very wide to get around the traveler.
Another thing that I am pleased with was modifying a mast gate for another boat to fit this one, I am very spoiled about mast gates, gotta have one.

Edited by - pastmember on 10/13/2011 19:40:08

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Response Posted - 10/13/2011 : 19:49:53

On another note entirely, I am stunned by the news that Apple intends to kill the photo hosting that I have used all these years. The update to my OS that happened today would have killed it if I had not known enough to NOT setup the Apple Cloud account the update introduces. But Apple will kill all links next spring regardless and all links in all my posts will go dark. If anyone wants any of the sailing and Catalina photos from my Galleries then they should go there and down load them.

http://gallery.mac.com/fhopper

you can ignore my little golf video! lol

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JimGo
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Response Posted - 10/13/2011 : 21:47:55

That's disappointing. That actually is something I wish this site had - the ability to host photos. It stinks when, as a newbie, a thread from a few years ago excitedly references someone's well-documented work, with lots of photos to make it easy to understand what they did, but the photo links don't work any more.

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Tomas Kruska
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Response Posted - 10/14/2011 : 00:20:14

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by pastmember
 http://gallery.mac.com/fhopper
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Frank, I've already downloaded your C25 galleries. They are wonderful and full of details I check from time to time.

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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 10/14/2011 : 09:06:30

Frank, I was surprised and disappointed with Apple too. I guess I'm moving to Snapfish and downloading your gallery when I get home (faster internet)..

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