[C320-list] cuba libre 3

[russgm at yahoo.com]

AWESOME!  Welcome to new boat world, now you need to walk around and see all the little fiberglass voids that will develop over the next few weeks, I had the Catalina roving fiberglass man already visit for my initial repairs.  My Sure Bail bilge pump switch has ceased functioning after 2 entire weeks!  No one connected my E80(yes with the way cool Platimun charts) to my VHF, so no DSC.  On the subject of VHF there is some as of yet undecerned problem with its antenna, or is it the cable?? The hard wired remote for the stereo in the cockpit's screen has gone blank, but the buttons still work...My forward air conditioning system, has some problem that causes the compressor to shut down, I can't find a zinc anywhere on my shaft/prop or nuts, hey did I mention that when I dove under the boat, to inspect it, I found no one had botehred to paint the underside of the wing...I could go on all day, but I won't....By the way just spent two glorious weeks on my new boat, love it
 soooo much, it is LIVING! we cruised to Block Island, around Connectitcut, went to Vinyards on Long Island's North Fork, all the problems, will be resolved, but the fun has just begun...
  Russ Monaco
  Commodore C320IA (6 more weeks)
  C387 #95 Alderu
  formerly C320 #621 Escape

Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com wrote:
  cuba libre 3 was delivered over the weekend from SF Bay area to MdR...went
under the Golden Gate Bridge at 8:40am Friday and cleared the Marina del
Rey breakwater at 10:30am Sunday--a 50 hour delivery!

All went well, the crew, which included 320 owners Walter Burnett (Selkie)
and Ray Durand (Bellezzza) was fantastic!

The first 25 hours were a very fast downwind run--8-9kn but the winds died
and we had to motor the last 25 hours...went around Pt. Conception on
Saturday night at 8pm or so and all was calm around the cape....which is
good because extremely high winds and large, confused seas are the norm in
that area...

Boat handled very well and was comfortable....since I had bought my 320 in
1994, the only navigation eqpt I've used has been a Garmin 45, cl3 has the
Raymarine E-120 installed and man, what a HUGE difference, not just in
navigational uses but in pure entertainment value--the amount of info is
incredible, specially with the Navionics Platinum chip-set I installed,
the 3-D graphics are amazing!

Thanks again to Walter and Ray and also to Roger Frizzelle of Farallone
Yachts in Alameda--the boat was commissioned exactly as I wanted and hoped
for! If you're in the bay area, stop by and say hi to Rog


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