[C320-list] Mainsail Hard to Raise/Lower

[sailorlew at aol.com]

For the last few years the standard mast was the furling one. At Newport this year I noticed that they had gone back to the regular mast as standard, charging $3000 + for the furling mast & $5000+ for a furling boom. There was also a charge for either keel that was chosen, which is also ?something new.
Lew


-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Moore <trmoore at ucsd.edu>
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Sent: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 1:16 am
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Mainsail Hard to Raise/Lower



When I was evaluating purchase of Catalina 320 over the past 2 months, I was 
quoted $14,000 for installation of in-boom furling by a top-notch, knowledgeable 
rigging group here in San Diego.  Not cheap!  I have in-mast furling on my new 
320 and agree that in-boom sounds best.  Interestingly, somewhere on the 
internet it is said that 80% of Catalina 320s are coming from the factory with 
in-mast furling.   
Tom Moore
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