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Jim : I installed one of Nicros' day/nite and it lasted about 10 years!!

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Pete : When I took mine apart I found that the were two swivel Blocks and that was why I had such a hard time with the outhaul!! The block attached to the gooseneck end should NOT swivel!!
When you get the goose neck end off you may want to soak it with Blaster/penetrating oil, because it should also rotate!!

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eric : Your tape IDing your mast just may have been removed?? for some reason?? It makes since that masts in the factory are marked to denote regular and tall rig, because that's how they are sold!! I'm trying to remember, but I also believe that the Hull# was also on that tape!!

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Guys : The last time I talked with Gerry Douglas Catalina was still using 3M5200 to bed their keels!!

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[There is NO substitute for arm and hand signals!!!!]

pby : There is NO substitute for arm and hand signals!!!! 

That includes Voice Activated Walkie Talkies!!

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Guys : On the inside of the mainsail track on the mast below deck you'll find a tape writer strip with the hull # and the indication if it is a tall rig or regular mast!!

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Guys : Look at Eric's post above and you can see the white coating that is on his keel under the gray barrier/bottom paint.

I've read the after you shine up lead it almost immediately forms a coating of lead oxide. I believe that Catalina probably changed their specs to have that coating - at least with the 1986 C34 & subsequent production.
That way barrier coat and or bottom paint would better stick !!

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Guys : I believe that all of the C34 keels from 1986 and subsequent have some kind of coating on them!! reading I've found that exposed lead almost immediately form a coating of lead oxide!!

Maybe Catalina changed their specs on the keels since 1984!?!

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Guys : I've heard Gerry Douglas say a number of times, "You have never heard of a keel falling off a Catalina Sail Boat"!!

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juna : A tie down strap should adequately secure the muffler!! Just make sure that the plywood is adequately glassed w/mat to the hull - I had to redo mine!! Epoxy will also work!!

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Guys : On my boat 1988 there is a coating of faring? material completely over the lead keel. Maybe that coating has changed over the years and now appears to be fiberglass?? 

I believe that all Catalina lead keels have a coating on them!!

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Guys : Pete has a Bomar center hatch.  I wrote a Mainsheet tech note article on that very topic.  I was able to remove the old hatch by using a heat gun.

I installed another Bomar hatch, but I'd recommend that you buy a Lewmar replacement.  It has the same corner radiuses and a friction opening rather than an adjusting arm into the hatch lens (dumb place for an adjusting arm to attach!!) 

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pby : Yes, that's the correct can opener!!

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pby : I'd call EDSON (508) 995-9711 and send them your picture and pose your problem to them. I've talked to them in the past and they have been VERY helpfull !!

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pby : Look like the faring material is flaking off now that you tightened up the keel bolts!!

I'd take a "V" type can opener and scrape out the old material and use 3M 5200 and far-in the crack.

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