[C320-list] Fixed 3 Blade Giveaway

[Stanley Rogacevicz]

Adam,
    This is getting toooo.... complicated :>)  There are 2 Stans
offering Free Props for the cost of shipping and there are 2 people
looking for them - Bryan Campbell being the other. 
   It looked like you were going to have the other Stan (the Amusing
one) ship his to you, hence my lament on your shipping cost $ loss.
Well... since shipping cost is the issue and I'm 3000 miles away in Mass
maybe mine to Bryan and the other Stan's to you ???
   We should probably sort this out off-list.
Stan
(formerly) Christy Leigh
c320 #656
Wickford/Narragansett Bay RI

>>> esquirecatering at rcn.com 01/06/06 11:03 PM >>>
Well, I love the spinnaker (used on four trips already) and do you
still
have the prop, and if so, what do you want to do with it?
Adam
-----Original Message-----
From: C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com 
[mailto:C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Stanley
Rogacevicz
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 4:55 AM
To: C320-List at catalina320.com 
Subject: RE: [C320-list] Folding props

   Well Adam.... I hate to pour salt into your impending financial
wound
but the other Stan also has one sitting in his cellar that I could
have
packed in with the Spinnaker I sent you.
   With all the negative press on fixed 3 blades I didn't bother to
advertize it with my other sell out items. You should find it smoother
than your 2 blade - just as a 4 blade would be smoother than a 3
blade.
Not an opinion - just a simple fact.
   As for Power when punching through steep waves you should also feel
a
difference. I first pulled it and installed a Martec 2 blade folder
over
the winter back in 1999-2000. Over the lonnnggg winter and since I
only
had the c320 since the previous August the power of the Martec seemed
fine. I got sick of, and worried about, the vibration and did a short
haul to put the 3 blade back on and with only a couple days in between
I
was Amazed at the difference when I pulled out of the marina - It was
like a power boat in comparison !! I was sooooo glad that I switched
back later that year when motoring all day directly into steep 5
footers
to get down to the 2000 c320 regatta in Stamford that August. Of
course
the winning boat in light air that I crewed on down there had a Martec
2
blade folder that when I drove it under power I could also feel the
same
vibration that caused me to remove mine.  And yes, if you have a good
breeze you can still sail at hull speed with a fixed 3 blade easily.
   The next winter I went with the AutoProp and except for some
strange
noises that in 4 years proved harmless I was reasonably satisfied. My
Nauticat also has an AutoProp and I'm glad it does for the power and
feathering. The 'best of both worlds' is expensive but I think some
type
of folding or feathering 3 blade is the only way you can hope to
achieve
it. Stan
(formerly) Christy Leigh
c320 #656
Wickford/Narragansett Bay RI


>>> esquirecatering at rcn.com 01/05/06 9:45 PM >>>
Stan, I would love it.  Contact me at esquirecatering at rcn.com. Thanks,
Adam -----Original Message-----
From: C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com 
[mailto:C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Stan
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 3:29 PM
To: C320-List
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Folding props
Hi Adam,
Yes, If somebody on the list actually wants it, it's theirs for the
cost
of shipping. Stan "Our Little Amusement" #744




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