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Title: cockpit grates
Post by: namlak on August 11, 2008, 07:15:33 AM
We are looking for a cockpit grate for our 1986 Catalina 34, anyone have suggestions?  We live in Ontario Canada.
Title: Re: cockpit grates
Post by: Jeff Kaplan on August 11, 2008, 10:25:33 AM
namlac, look in the projects page, 6/1/03, dan harrington has complete instructions for making the cockpit grates out of mahagony. it's on my to do list, just haven't got there yet. good luck...jeff
Title: Re: cockpit grates
Post by: Sundance on August 12, 2008, 07:37:56 AM
Take a look at the Buy / Sell section of the website, I am selling my cockpit grates.  Feel free to email me at plautzjm@hotmail.com if you are intrested.  I can tell you that the shipping may be the most difficult part, but it is doable.  Here is the link http://c34.org/bbs/index.php/topic,3522.0.html , if you want I am willing to sand and refinish with a diffrent type of Cetol finish. Let me know.
Title: Re: cockpit grates
Post by: gerard on August 14, 2008, 12:58:23 PM
This another option: a full teak cover installed in the Netherlands by my Dutch Catalina dealer.


Photo: http://img175.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1212127imgwe4.jpg (http://img175.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1212127imgwe4.jpg)
Title: Re: cockpit grates
Post by: wind dancer on August 14, 2008, 01:22:23 PM
Gerard,

That's looks great!  :clap

Quote from: gerard on August 14, 2008, 12:58:23 PM
This another option: a full teak cover installed in the Netherlands by my Dutch Catalina dealer.


Photo: http://img175.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1212127imgwe4.jpg (http://img175.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1212127imgwe4.jpg)
Title: Re: cockpit grates
Post by: Allan.SVCarina on August 15, 2008, 04:33:14 PM
I'll second that Gerard, it looks very nice.
Title: Re: cockpit grates
Post by: Joe Kern on August 15, 2008, 09:03:13 PM
I will thrid that.   WOW!

Joe
Title: Re: cockpit grates
Post by: crieders on August 16, 2008, 02:06:28 PM
I  got the same set when my wife's cousin saw them in an antique shop in Conn.
I refinished them and they look great
Title: Re: cockpit grates
Post by: Jon Perry on August 25, 2008, 07:03:27 PM
My 1987 that I purchased out of Sandusky last year has identical grates.  I refinished them and used Cetol.  After a fair amount of research, I determined that was probably the best finish to hold up year after year with the water exposure. So far, so good.