[C320-list] Bluewater sailing

[Dave Moores]

Offshore? Sure bob, absolutely.  Mine's a fin.  Take a look at the boats
currently doing the ARC.  Probably no more than 20 percent are full keel in
the traditional sense.

Just have the boat in top shape especially the autohelm.  The one thing I
have never worried about in heavy weather is that the boat might break.
That is a nice feeling on a "dark and stormy night" offshore.

Dave Moores

-----Original Message-----
From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com
[mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Robert Seastream
Sent: December 1, 2007 9:36 PM
To: C320-List
Subject: [C320-list] Bluewater sailing


And to further stir things up:

For bluewater sailing, it's generally accepted that a full keel is 
best.  Tracking issues aside, is a fin or wing keel boat up to such 
sailing, particularly regarding safety in heavy weather?  While the 320 
(and up) are CE rated class A (ocean), who on this list would feel 
comfortable taking their 320 out of sight of land, say to Bermuda or 
further?

In other news, we finally covered the boat today.  Took almost an hour 
in the hot tub to thaw out!

Bob Seastream
'Intuition' # 906