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Frank Hopper
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Initially Posted - 08/15/2004 :  19:22:21  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
What happens if you do not have them. No that is not quite right; what happens because I do not have them.
[url="http://members.cox.net/marthahopper/catalina%2025/head%20staples.jpg"]marginally gross owie[/url]

edit... this is more humorous than anything else. Of course head wounds can bleed a lot, it could have been worse, I finished putting my boat away with one hand while the other was applying pressure. (I only needed to secure one line and a couple of snaps, but it sounds macho that I took care of the boat first!)
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 08/15/2004 :  19:36:10  Show Profile
YIKES!

You had better get them acorns ASAP!


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Jeff McK
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Response Posted - 08/15/2004 :  19:37:51  Show Profile
I've seen worse. A do-it-yourself repair? Not bad! :-)
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oldsalt
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Response Posted - 08/15/2004 :  20:11:43  Show Profile
Ouch!I'mm going to get some acorns for the pop top hatch and forward hatch right away.
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cathluk
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Response Posted - 08/15/2004 :  20:55:54  Show Profile
Ow! Ouch, ouch ouch!

Um, what are acorns? Maybe its a C25 thing, but it that's what can happen I want to make sure I'm covered!
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Oscar
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Response Posted - 08/15/2004 :  20:56:02  Show Profile  Visit Oscar's Homepage
Yeah yeah, I think Dr Scholl has something for acorns.....

Frank, you're a sick man. That's what I like about you.

Oscar
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 08/15/2004 :  21:16:29  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by cathluk</i>
<br />Ow! Ouch, ouch ouch!

Um, what are acorns? Maybe its a C25 thing, but it that's what can happen I want to make sure I'm covered!
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An acorn nut is a finishing nut that is put on bolts to hide the exposed ends. It is called an acorn nut because it looks like one.
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 08/15/2004 :  22:22:56  Show Profile
I after my first encounter with the pop-top bolts (not nearly as bad as Franks), I purchased some plastic/rubber protectors designed to slip over the end of a protruding bolt... commonly used on playground equipment.

Don't know the proper name for them, most 'big' hardware stores should have 'em.
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coach
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Response Posted - 08/15/2004 :  22:46:04  Show Profile

Ouch, feeling your pain here?

Hey, did they hook you up with any good pain killers???
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Jeff McK
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Response Posted - 08/16/2004 :  08:42:38  Show Profile
Has Catalina started putting the acorns on the newer boats? If not, I'm off to the hardware store for some SS ones.

It's that or wear a helmet belowdecks. :-/
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Charlie Vick
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Response Posted - 08/16/2004 :  11:16:31  Show Profile
My 81 25 came with balls that are about 3/4" dia plastic which screw onto the ends of the hanger bolts. I thought they came standard on C25s, guess not.

CVick
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PZell
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Response Posted - 08/16/2004 :  11:36:17  Show Profile
yeaaaagggh. Been there done that but not that bad! Often wear a watch cap
below to protect my shiny pate.
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RichardG
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Response Posted - 08/16/2004 :  11:41:17  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">My 81 25 came with balls that are about 3/4" dia plastic <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

I have only one of those remaining (black, plastic ball which screws on the end of the bolt). It's on one side of the pop-top. The other one and those for the forward hatch I covered with things like Capt. Clam described -- I think they're called "thread covers".
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sailgal
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Response Posted - 08/16/2004 :  13:08:58  Show Profile
Oh Frank you poor dear!!! Get some rest and feel better soon!!!!
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 08/16/2004 :  16:08:04  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
Thanks Suzie, I was hoping you would chime in. I knew you would be kind.
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jwilliams
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Response Posted - 08/17/2004 :  11:59:54  Show Profile
Frank,

That is a real stitch.

Seriously, I am sorry to see you get nicked.

On Hey Jude I used many wraps of white, self adhesive, rigging tape to build up a ball of soft material at the sharp end of the bolts. I intentionally left them long by about half inch for even more padding.

So far, so good.

Jim Williams
Hey Jude C25fk 2958
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RichardG
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Response Posted - 08/17/2004 :  12:35:47  Show Profile
I was at the hardware store last night. In these parts, the smaller, locally-owned version of True Value seems to have a much greater selection of "miscellaneous hardware/fasteners" than the larger, national stores (Home Depot, Lowes, etc.). Anyway, the colored plastic bolt covers are actually called "Thread Protectors". In the same section of the store, I noticed they had a box of "Plastic Knobs", one which looks very much like the one 3/4" black knob that remains on my boat -- it makes me think that perhaps it wasn't original, that a previous owner installed it.
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tmhansen
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Response Posted - 08/17/2004 :  15:52:54  Show Profile  Visit tmhansen's Homepage
Ouch! I bet you, and a lot of others, will take care of that bolt now! Thanks for sharing your pain so we can avoid the same. I've been meaning to cap a few bolts in my boat but have not got around to it yet. I'll move it up the list!

I see that there are advantages to having an exposed pate. Looks like they did not have to shave your head to put you back together.

Make sure and wear a hat to keep that fresh scar out of the sun and it will be less noticable in the future.
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cathluk
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Response Posted - 08/23/2004 :  19:52:42  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by dlucier</i>
<br /><blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by cathluk</i>
<br />Ow! Ouch, ouch ouch!

Um, what are acorns? Maybe its a C25 thing, but it that's what can happen I want to make sure I'm covered!
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An acorn nut is a finishing nut that is put on bolts to hide the exposed ends. It is called an acorn nut because it looks like one.

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Thanks! I know about those - I just didn't quite understand your post & Catalina had the good sense not to leave sharp bolts uncovered on the C250. Hope the scalp's healing quickly!
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