[C320-list] Catalina 375, hull # 1

[Robert Seastream]

All:

We saw her today, we met (surprise!) Gerry Douglas, we liked them  
both.  Price (the boat-don't think Gerry needs to sell himself) ~ 
$195K, sailaway ~$220K.

Notables:  It has an electric head (not incinerating type) that forces  
high pressure water into the bowl to flush, macerating on the way to  
the holding tank.
Gerry says this uses far less water than one (particularly unaware  
visitors) might otherwise use with a manual flush, thus conserving  
waste tankage.
Has vertical battens in the mast furling main.  Tons of (wife pleaser)  
storage.  Dual anchor rollers, large anchor well, vertical mount  
electric winch.
There's more, but you'll all hear about it soon enough.

Onboard living space isn't our issue with our 320, tankage/storage  
is.  Our opinion; the 375 compares favorably against the 387, for less  
money.
We could have jumped (even had my wifes permission), but didn't.  It's  
probably best to let Catalina work any bugs out first.
We settled for new house batteries and a high output alternator  
package instead.
Dealer offered us $89K trade on our '02 320; guess that's what the  
'blue book' is.

Regards,

Bob Seastream
Intuiton, # 906