[C320-list] Full-Length Keels

[Robert Seastream]

Gents, I merely said I believed that design as a coastal rather than  
bluewater cruiser might explain the lack of extra grabrails on the  
Catalina(s) in question, not that Catalinas' in general were unfit for  
bluewater cruising.  However, while full keel for a bluewater boat may  
be considered overkill (or old school) these days, I doubt such design  
is horsespit.  There are other reasons that recommend a full keel for  
extended voyaging, with many such boats in current production.

Regards,

Bob Seastream
Intuition # 906



On Jan 21, 2008, at 10:58 PM, Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com wrote:

> Thank you Dave! This full keel for a bluewater boat is such horse s% 
> $t...
>
> Speed to get you to other locations quickly is the deal....although  
> I absolutely love sailing I will much rather get to the Marquesas in  
> 19 instead of 23 days. Matter of fact, the C440, Dirigo, did just  
> that last spring from Puerto Vallarta to Marquesas, out of about 30  
> boats listed in Latitude 38, it was the 2nd fastest boat across...he  
> did it safely, even while encountering an early season storm and he  
> did it comfortably..
>
> cuba libre 3.
> ----------------------------------
> Regards,
> OD
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Moores" [dmoores at cogeco.ca]
> Sent: 01/21/2008 07:29 PM
> To: "'C320-List'" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
> Subject: [C320-list] Full-Length Keels
>
> Guys, with due and proper respect to all opinions, this idea that  
> blue-water
> boats are generally full-length-keel is SO 1975.  The Atlantic Rally  
> for
> Cruisers finished in St. Lucia just before Christmas.  Over 250  
> boats sailed
> over from the Canary Islands, crews including some good friends of  
> mine.  I
> guarantee you that not more than 25% of these boats had full-length  
> keels.
> What they did have was modern, capable autohelms.
>
> Dave Moores
>
>
>
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