[C38] as Rosanna Rosanna Dana's mom said

[Don Strong]

"Its always something." The past week the head went from bad to worse. I 
replaced the whole damn thing.
These cheery looking Jabsco heads are really pretty flimsy when you get 
them off for inspection.
$200 bucks with tax. Money well spent for the odor suppression and to 
please my wife and daughter.
Gawd, what will break next?
D



On 9/6/13 9:28 AM, Steve Smolinske wrote:
>
> I would say no, I can't imagine anything on a boat that would not ever 
> get any worse
>
> *From:*listserve-bounces at catalina38.org 
> [mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] *On Behalf Of *Ray Torok
> *Sent:* Friday, September 06, 2013 9:22 AM
> *To:* Catalina 38 Listserve
> *Subject:* Re: [C38] Cracks by Stem Fitting
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> I have a backstay tensioner, but it's only on when we're sailing. 
>  When the boat's at the dock, the backstay is left on just enough to 
> keep the headstay from flopping around.
>
> Latest theory is that when I replaced the two bolts that anchor the 
> stem fitting to the deck (a few weeks ago), there was enough slop in 
> the bolt holes that when the headstay was tensioned, the fiberglass in 
> the deck was loaded in compression until the stem fitting moved back 
> just a little to where the two bolts and the stainless stem fitting 
> picked up the load again. If that's what happened, the cracking in the 
> fiberglass shouldn't get any worse.  Does that sound believable?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ray
>
> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 10:48 PM, Steve Smolinske 
> <SSmolinske at rainierrubber.com <mailto:SSmolinske at rainierrubber.com>> 
> wrote:
>
> Ray,
>
> Do you have a backstay tensioner that is left on?
>
> *From:*listserve-bounces at catalina38.org 
> <mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org> 
> [mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org 
> <mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org>] *On Behalf Of *Ray Torok
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 05, 2013 5:56 PM
> *To:* Catalina 38 Listserve
> *Subject:* [C38] Cracks by Stem Fitting
>
> Esteemed C38 Gurus:
>
> Hoping you can help advise on my latest old boat issue.
>
> I have some cracks showing up (and growing) on the outside of the hull 
> in the few inches between the ends of the toe rails and the headstay 
> stem fitting.  The cracks are horizontal and about 3 inches long. On 
> one side the crack is about 1 inch below the deck.  On the other it is 
> right at the edge of the deck.
>
> It appears that the headstay load is pulling the bow upward, and the 
> last few inches of the bow doesn't have the toe rail and bolted 
> hull-to-deck joint of the rest of the boat, so it's bending a bit and 
> the fiberglass is cracking. On the inside, the heavy stainless backing 
> plate for the strap running down the stem also stops several inches 
> short of the bow, and that may be a contributing factor.
>
> I'm wondering if this is a problem with the early boats (mine is hull 
> #37) that they fixed at some point. Any thoughts on known or proposed 
> fixes would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks much,
>
> Ray Torok
>
> THIRA
>
>
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-- 
Donald R. Strong
Professor,
Department of Evolution and Ecology
and
The Bodega Marine Laboratory,
University of California, Davis,
Davis CA
95616
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