[C320-list] Mainsail Hard to Raise/Lower

[Dean Vermeire]

That sounds like cost cutting and fun with numbers.

By the way, I recommend the keel option.  The boat handles much better 
with one.



sailorlew at aol.com wrote:
> 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
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> 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
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> 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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