In sort of a hijack of this thread, three questions regarding the baby bob:
1. Anyone who has one of these ever turtled their C14.2?
2. Do you remove the baby bob when trailering or can it take 60 mph winds?
3. Anyone give their baby bob a different decal?
While these are good solutions to prevention of Turtling , I wonder how many have sealed the bottom of the mast ?
Hey Chemprof,
Here's the link to my turtling post way back when: Baby Bob to the Rescue!
If you need a bracket, I still have a few left. I've also been thinking of another way to mount the Bob which makes an intermediate bracket unnecessary. Basically you cut four slots in the top of the mast using a hack saw. These slots are wide enough and positioned exactly so the two Bob flanges can slip down into the mast on either side of the pulley. Then, when the Bob is where you want it, drill two holes perpendicular to the flanges so pins can be inserted to hold the Bob in position.
It's a better solution but cutting the slots and drilling the holes can be tricky. Maybe next spring I'll work up a template people can use to layout the process.
Hope this helps,
Jim
Catalina should really consider contacting you about securing your design or arrange to have you provide the brackets as a dealer installed option!
Rick
Thanks for the offer on the bracket Jim. I'll PM you. -- Ed
Hey Ed,
Got your message and responded. Thanks!
BTW, just so everyone knows, after Ed gets his bracket, I'll be down to four left. The remaining are what you might call cosmetically challenged in that they have some drill holes which came in the aluminum from back when it was intended for a sliding door track. These holes do nothing to impair the performance of the brackets and I've marked them with red pen so there's no confusion.
Jim
BTW, I'll take the unholy one unless someone beats me to it. -- Ed
Has anyone actually had experience with the float sleeve from Catalina? Somewhere it was mentioned that it has 12lbs of buoyancy vs 33 for the baby bob. Where did this information come from? Catalina just quoted me $180 for the float sleeve which seems crazy, but a Baby Bob is no steal at $115 either. I guess I would prefer the float sleeve just because its ready to use out of the box, and it probably looks better, but I want to make sure it actually works if I'm going to drop that kind of money on it.
A question - were the sails hoisted and cleated during your test ? I'm wondering as it seems to be a common denominator in most turtling situations .
Rob
I'm undecided with which route to go. I think I'm going to try something other than the baby bob, the $60 option at www.apsltd.com looks appealing.
I remember reading a post where someone had filled their mast completely with foam and it cured his turtle problem . I'm thinking sealing the bottom would help tremendously .