[C38] Cutlass Bearing Strut Faring

[Steve Smolinske]

Marc, 
 
Attached is a photo of Peregrine's strut when we bought her, you can tell if you zoom that there was very little fiberglass faring and it was only at the top.   At the time 3 years ago we cleaned it up before painting.     Last spring when she was out there wasnt any blistering on the hull around the strut or anything visible to lead me to believe there was a problem.   You might try calling Kent Nelson at Catalina Yachts or emailing him,  He is a great source of info on our boats.   Kent Nelson 818-884-7700, kent at catalinayachts.com  If you talk with him please follow up on the list with a post.   
 
Steve
#312 Peregrine
Seattle
 

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From: listserve-bounces at catalina38.org on behalf of Marc Stewart
Sent: Thu 11/11/2010 9:11 PM
To: Catalina 38 Listserve
Subject: [C38] Cutlass Bearing Strut Faring


Greetings, 
I just hauled Palancar for biannual bottom work and discovered that the fiberglas faring that envelopes the strut that extends from the cutlass bearing up into the hull is split apart along the trailing edge and "wiggly."  Fortunately the bronze strut itself is firm.  Are any of you in the know:  is this a cosmetic thing that can wait, or is it a "gotta fixit now?"   And do you know what kind of Pandora's box it is likely to be?  The yard sent me an estimate for a cosmetic kind of repair....
Thanks, Marc



Marc Stewart
mstewart at sounddsl.com

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