[C320-list] packing gland & listing to port

[Bill Culbertson]

FWIW I agreed with his 'get over it' comment too.  It was nice to know there was a good reason.  Knowing that the boat is somewhat tender means there is no way it's going to be perfectly level.  In addition to your list, you also have to line up the crew single file along the centerline.
 -bill


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Subject: Re: [C320-list] packing gland & listing to port

Bill,

I agree with the 'get over it' comment..that anyone would think it's a
'design flaw' is due to not understanding boat design...the way to get rid
of it is to put everything in the middle of the boat--batteries, water
tanks, inverters, holding tanks..


                                                                          
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re: design flaw:
Gerry Douglas thinks of it more as a characteristic than a flaw.  The 320
is faster than most Catalinas.  One of the ways it achieves that is via a
hull shape which is more tender than other Catalinas.  A more tender boat
will tend to have a list to one side or the other unless absolutely
perfectly balanced.  In return for this list, you get better boat speed.
That's the context in which Gerry said "get over it" when we asked him
about it during the factory tour at the Annual Meeting/Regatta in Marina
Del Rey in 2004.

-bill


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From: "Moondancer5 at comcast.net" <Moondancer5 at comcast.net>
To: c320-list at catalina320.com
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 4:34:05 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] packing gland & listing to port

Thanks all for the info on the packing gland issue, since the boat is soon
to come out (sob!) this sounds like a winter project, and thanks for the
link. Interesting that the port list is a design flaw, at least it doesn't
have tires to rotate to compensate... I'll remember to store all the rum
to starboard. (And to store the gas can topside.)

Susan

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