[C320-list] Catalina 375, hull # 1

[Len]

Saw an "unofficial" layout of 375---head is forward by v-berth; must say I
prefer aft head location on our 320's.  What's your opinion?

Len Krane
Aqua5  #1070

On Jan 12, 2008 7:52 PM, Robert Seastream <robert.seastream at comcast.net >
wrote:

> 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
>
>