[C320-list] New Boat....

[jonvez at comcast.net]

Amen on the mast option. I saw the new 309 (replacing the venerable C30) and they are only offering it with in mast furling--crazy!! You will need that watermaker to keep that washer/dryer humming :)

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com 

> I ordered the in-boom furling, I am not a proponent of in-mast 
> furling--performance sucks and it can be difficult to reef.... 
> 
> No way am I going to go cruising and want to worry about wood on the 
> topsides....I saw hull #1 at the Annapolis Boat Show in 2004 and that's the 
> first thing I commented to Gerry about, I asked him what was he thinking?!! :) 
> 
> I have ordered it with the A/C and 8kw genset from the factory, I plan to 
> install watermaker and other goodies once it's delivered... 
> 
> cuba libre 2 
> -------------------------- 
> Regards, 
> OD 
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: C320-List-bounces 
> Sent: 02/19/2006 10:07 AM 
> To: C320-List 
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] New Boat.... 
> 
> Orlando, 
> 
> Congratulations! I crawled around on Hull #5 yesterday at the Boston Boat show. 
> You definitely got yourself a live aboard!! There is just tons of room--the one 
> thing I would not want is teak toe rails and it sounds like you are thinking 
> alike. Just curious how you ordered the rig? In boom furling, standard?? 
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> Jon Vez 
> 
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com 
> 
> > 
> > Well folks, just heard from my friend/dealer at Farralone Yachts--Roger 
> > Frizzelle-that Catalina/Morgan 440 hull #35 will be cuba libre 
> > 3....completion date is scheduled for 5/31/06 with delivery to the SF Bay 
> > area a week or so later. 
> > 
> > The co-skipper and I bought it thru Roger due to our long friendship (he 
> > is a former 320 owner and current owner of C470 #1-Di's Dream-and the fact 
> > that he knows how to commission a cruising boat better than anyone I 
> > know... 
> > 
> > After commissioning, the co-skipper and I will take offshore delivery and 
> > sail it from San Francisco to Ensenada, Mexico where it will stay for 
> > about 4 months at Coral Marina before it settles in at it's homeport of 
> > Marina del Rey, CA 
> > 
> > It took a long time to get the hull # slotted because we ordered it with 
> > an aluminum toe rail instead of the teak cap rail.... 
> > 
> > We plan on retiring early and taking off for Mexico and then the South 
> > Pacific starting in October, 2008...if you woud like to follow the voyages 
> > of cuba libre, go to www.cubalibre3.net , pictures of the boat being built 
> > and commissioned will be on display... 
> > 
> > cuba libre 2 
> > 
> > -------------------------- 
> > Regards, 
> > OD 
> > 
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