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Lightnup
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Initially Posted - 01/15/2005 : 15:42:07

I went over to "bond" with the '87 C25 I bought last month and, lo and behold, there was a pop-top cover in perfect condition tucked back in the aft berth. Yippee. My wife (the Little Heifer

) and I are both tall so we raise the pop-top quite regularly.

Larry - you asked what kind of furler it was and I didn't know at the time. It's a Hood Seafurl, is that a good thing? The owner's manual says 705/810/915 but I'm not sure which of those three models is mine.

Steve

Steve Madden
'87 WK #5668 "Lorica"
Fort Myers, FL

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stampeder
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Response Posted - 01/15/2005 : 21:31:27

The 81 SR/SK I bought in November had a similar suprise...we sailed for three weeks in December and January...living on the boat in Victoria Harbour. The Pop top cover that we didn't know about when we bought it was awesome. We used a small ceramic heater that kept us cosy, warm and dry.

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atgep
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Response Posted - 01/16/2005 : 10:27:18

I am sure the biggest surprise was the good conditon of the boat and the price. I fugure you paid about $.50 a pound for the new steed. Figure a new 250 cost $4-6 a pound! Do you have a spare whisker pole in there anywhere?

Tom.

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 01/16/2005 : 11:10:44

I think I came across my pop top cover the same way....While rooting around under the aft quarter berth compartment, I came across some odds and ends and a bag containing the rather new looking cover. Bonus!

I came to own another like new cover (which I sold) when I bought a bunch of items from a former C25 owner and he threw it in as a bonus.

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lcharlot
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Response Posted - 01/16/2005 : 11:24:20

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by dlucier
 I came to own another like new cover (which I sold) when I bought a bunch of items from a former C25 owner and he threw it in as a bonus.
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That's quite a bonus! The last time I checked, a new C-25 pop-top cover from the Catalina factory was $450 (seems ourageously expensive considering that a new mainsail is only $700, and contains much more material and a lot more labor to fabricate). My new boat didn't come with one, and I don't think I will buy one, at least not from the factory. I bought a pop-top cover for #1205 ($379 in 1997), and in the seven years I had the boat, I think I only used it twice.

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lcharlot
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Response Posted - 01/16/2005 : 11:28:56

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Lightnup
 
Larry - you asked what kind of furler it was and I didn't know at the time. It's a Hood Seafurl, is that a good thing? The owner's manual says 705/810/915 but I'm not sure which of those three models is mine.

Steve
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Is this a "flexible" furler, with the foil made of extruded plastic, or is it aluminum? The aluminum furlers make it much more difficult to de-rig and trailer the boat since they have to be handled with extreme care to prevent permenent bending damage to the foil. If you don't intend to trailer the boat, then the aluminum foils aren't a problem unless they are made of an alloy that isn't resistant to salt corrosion (unlikely in a marine product).

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 01/16/2005 : 12:57:16

The Hood Sea Furl is a VERY nice furler with a continuous line system It does mean you have a double line leading back but you do not have a drum like the other systems, just a really nice "cog wheel". This site loves CDI's and for good reason, they are a lot of bang for the buck, but you have a nicer furler. Our forestays are not so long that the flexible issue is all that important as long as you pay attention. That statement is based on years of owning an aluminum extrusion with no trailering issues at all.

Use the following guidelines to determine your model # for LD and SL systems.

Measure the diameter of the luff extrusion. The Luff extrusion is the aluminum sections
that hold the luff of the sail and span the length of the head stay.

= 1 1/4" Your system is a 700 SL or 705 LD
= 1 3/8" Your system is a 800 SL or 810 LD
= 1 5/8" Your system is a 900 SL or 915 LD
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Congratulations again on a really nice score

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