[C320-list] Catalina 375, hull # 1

[Jon Vez]

I also got a chance to crawl around hull #1 and meet Mr. Douglas. I agree
with Bob's assessment--she is very similar to the 387. The saloon table was
unique, but all in all this boat didn't wow me. You could also tell that
they rushed her out of the factory to show her. There are definitely some
fit and finish issues...The hits of the show for us were the Tartan 4300 and
the Sabre 386...

We'll stick with our 320 for now...

Regards,

Jon Vez
#582

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Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 2:23 AM
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Subject: Re: [C320-list] Catalina 375, hull # 1

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
>
>