[C320-list] Blue Water Sailing

[Bill Sloane]

Well I do have the three blade prop, but I like it when I am cruising.  I
have heard that folding props do not back up well.  And in the San Juan
Islands and the Gulf Island of Canada, the marinas up there, you need a good
reverse.  I have a nice high PHRF of 198, in part because of my prop.
Standard rating for a 320 is 153.

Bill.

On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 6:17 PM, <Orlando.Duran at averydennison.com> wrote:

> If you're racing your 320 and your not winning, you're doing something
> wrong...sailed correctly, it's a very fast boat...
>
> If you have it, get rid of your 3-bladed fixed prop...there's a knot more
> boat speed right there...
> ----------------------------------
> Regards,
> OD
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Sloane" [southsoundbill at gmail.com]
> Sent: 11/15/2008 06:07 PM PST
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
>  Subject: Re: [C320-list] Blue Water Sailing
>
>
>
> I bought the magazine today and read it.  The author didn't like the open
> transom because he could install a wind vane self steering rudder. He
> didn't
> like the V berth or the rear berth. He didn't like the lazaret in the
> cockpit because it is not waterproof.  He installed his own Raymarine
> auto-pilot, it was not factory installed. It broke in the first few days.
> What he was surprised by is that in heavy seas with just a small piece of
> the jib exposed, the Catalina 320 self steers itself well in the 'hove-to'
> rig set-up.
>
> All I can say is that for where I live on the Puget Sound in Washington
> State, my 320 is an absolutely perfect boat for what I enjoy about sailing.
> A responsive day sailor, I can race when I want, as long as I don't care
> about winning, and I can cruise in it for extended periods in comfort.  I
> actually like the rear berth as it fits my wife and I well with good
> headroom, and we don't run the engine at night. I would like a North 3DR
> headsail to go faster, but that probably will not happen. I am buying a
> Raymarine Smart Pilot Auto Pilot just as soon as Raymarine works out the
> software glitches this unit currently has.  For now, I love my Catalina 320
> and if at some later point in my life, I become a blue water sailor, I
> guess
> I will have to sell my 320 and buy some type of BlueWater boat . . . . .
>
> Bill Sloane
> 'Endless Summer'  No. 554
> Olympia Washington
>
> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 1:00 PM, Kirk McCullough
> <kirk.mccullough at telus.net>wrote:
>
> > Yes of course, sailing... that's what this is all about.
> >
> > Kirk
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chef Adam Weiner" <
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> > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 8:16 PM
> >
> > Subject: Re: [C320-list] Blue Water Sailing
> >
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