[C38] Garhauer Vang advice

[dmills3 at comcast.net]

I altered the original piece on the mast that the mainsheet went to. It has eight holes that hold it on. I lowered it one set of screws. It has six screws in place and the top two show. It is about six inches up from the cabin also. 

Dan #108 



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From: "Chuck Finn" <charles at finn.ws> 
To: "Catalina 38 Listserve" <listserve at catalina38.org> 
Sent: Friday, July 1, 2011 10:08:45 AM 
Subject: [C38] Garhauer Vang advice 

I don't know if many folks in our community are aware, but we have had 
major floods in the east and especially on Lake Champlain.   Lake levels 
peaked at about ten feet above normal and 3.5 feet above flood.   
Thousands of homes damaged or lost both in the U.S. and Canada.   My 
marina had 1.5 feet of water in the store and dining area!  I had to get 
an extra quart of bottom paint and it was pretty surreal walking along 
shelves in a foot and a half of water!  The lake only subsided below 
flood stage last week. 
This has led to in incredibly late beginning for most of us up here.  I 
usually have at least 40-50 days on the water by now and this year I 
have Five Hours.  Half of the boats in my yacht club have not been 
launched because all of the marinas were under water.  Several of the 
marinas will not be open for the Fourth of July weekend because of 
damage and there is real fear some of them will not be able to 
financially make it  (given the amount of damage and loss, most of the 
sailors are not complaining). 
So, Anders has just flown in from San Francisco and we are off for a 
week or so on the boat!  Two jobs are installing the Garhauer Vang and 
completely rebuilding the website (more on that in another email). 
Problem is most of the photos I saw of boats with the vang show them 
installed at the cabin top/base of the mast.   My boat has a large 
fitting there already that among other things is where I fasten my 
cunningham.    I would have to install the vang above it, which is at 
least six inches and will remarkably affect the angle... 
What have other folks done? 

Thanks, 
Chuck Finn 
Mighty Quinn  #114 
Great Lakes 

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