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Title: transom angle
Post by: Bobg on April 21, 2015, 08:14:14 PM
I have a 88 mark I, does anyone know the angle of the transom, would like to fabricate some brackets for a swim platform, my boat is out of the water, and a long ways away.  Thank you
Title: Re: transom angle
Post by: KWKloeber C-30 #3573 on April 21, 2015, 10:26:06 PM
No, but for some ideas here's my back porch (C30) and swim step.

Ken

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Title: Re: transom angle
Post by: Ken Juul on April 22, 2015, 06:33:30 AM
I just looked at the lines plan.  Looks like it is about 25 degrees from vertical. 
Title: Re: transom angle
Post by: Stu Jackson on April 22, 2015, 09:18:13 AM
Bob, Ken's right.  Go to the C34 Tech wiki and find the brochures and you can measure the angle with a protractor from them.
Title: Re: transom angle
Post by: mregan on April 22, 2015, 10:01:34 AM
You may want to give these guys a call in Florida.  I was looking on their website last year, I was going to do the same project but never got around to it.  They seem to have a bunch of swim platforms that may work.  Click on the Ladder & plaforms tab. 

http://www.themarineconnection.net/
Title: Re: transom angle
Post by: patrice on April 22, 2015, 01:31:38 PM
Hi,

:clap  this is what I did when I did my swim Platform.
Took the drawing and did some measurement from it. 
Got my parts cuts and takwelded only first.  Took it to boat to check if angle was good and what the look was.  Then brought back to finish the welding.
Actually it was supposed to be only temporary to see how we would like it.  But it is still there.

see thread, at the end you will see my pictures, and other nice one from other fellows

http://c34.org/bbs/index.php/topic,7415.15.html
Title: Re: transom angle
Post by: Phil Spicer on April 22, 2015, 02:09:19 PM
  Bob, I have an Auto Cad file of our boat. Catalina sent it to me in the fall of 93. So if it is the same hull as an 88, it measures 22 degrees. The file is just a simple line drawing, no major information. So you are in the ball park.
 
Title: Re: transom angle
Post by: Bobg on April 23, 2015, 11:41:26 AM
thank you everyone, my boat doesn't splash for a month, so would like to get something done ahead of time, patrice, I am going your route for my platform, when I take my old boarding ladder off, any idea where I can get a step that will fit in the same mounting holes? thank you
Title: Re: transom angle
Post by: patrice on April 24, 2015, 06:19:26 AM
Hi,

I left the step that holds the swim ladder.
I used a metal saw to cut in the middle of the bellow step, and was able to pull out the swim ladder.