[C320-list] New Boat....

Mon Feb 20 07:30:41 PST 2006

I had a great time climbing around boats Saturday at the Miami Boat Show. I
was sorta disappointed at the larger Catalina's, except for the Morgan 440.
Beautiful boat with tons of room. Good choice! Other interesting things,
Benetoys come standard with in-mast furling on all boats except the 32. I
really find that hard to believe. I would never have in-mast on my boat (I
do race quite a bit) but the in-boom seems sweet without the loss in
performance. 
Spent a lot of time planning for retirement (quite a few years off!) and
looking at Catamarans in the 40-48 ft. range. Talk about space!
OK for now I am still quite satisfied with my 320, my wife just wishes
leather was a fabric choice back in 2000 and they offered the inner-spring
mattress back then. 
Joe Barrett

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Suite 209
Naples, Florida 34109

-----Original Message-----
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Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 7:26 PM
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Subject: Re: [C320-list] New Boat....

Correct....I test sailed a 440 on SF Bay in Dec and loved the in-boom
furler, it added a tremendous amount of flexibility to the sail plan.....

cuba libre 2
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OD

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----- Original Message -----
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Sent: 02/19/2006 04:21 PM
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In-boom furling's the way to go---you have the Leisure Furl off-shore model
with the furling gear forward of the mast--I have the Leisure Furl coastal
model with furling gear in the boom at the aft end.  Both work great---your
44 came with power deck winch for hoisting/furling, I added a Lewmar #34
power deck winch (replaced the starboard #30 deck winch.

Len
Aqua5 #1070
Catalina Yacht Anchorage
Marina del Rey

-----Original Message-----
From: Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com
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Sent: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 10:19:58 -0800
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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
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Regards,
OD

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Sent: 02/19/2006 10:07 AM
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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

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> 
> 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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> 
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