[C320-list] Blue Water Sailing alternative source

[David Nolte]

Allan,

I just read the article last night. Very interesting, and a must read  
for our group. I will call BWS today and see if they will be putting  
a link to it on their site. They do that for selected articles. It  
looks like demand from our group is pretty high. Could save you some  
work and alot of emails. I'll email my findings to the group after I  
reach them.

It was interesting reading about all of the upgrades made to the  
boat. On the flip side of that issue, I'm just finishing reading  
"Maiden Voyage", Tania Aebi's autobiographic tale about her  
circumnavigation 20 years ago when she was 18 years old, with only a  
sextant and virtually none of the other gear listed in the article.

Maybe one of the takeaways is to have a captain take the boat there  
for you as the owner of the boat in this article did.

It was nice to see you and your grandson at the Annapolis Sailboat  
Show. Thanks to our regatta this past August, I ran in to and  
recognized about a half dozen of our group. It was a great show. Now  
I'm just heading out to the Powerboat show...

David Nolte
Beach House #4

David Nolte
Nettle Net® BOAT POOL®
800-962-9020
www.nojellyfish.com
dcnolte at mac.com


On Oct 16, 2008, at 8:27 AM, Peter & Barbara Sheerin wrote:

> Thanks Alan I would like a copy.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan S. Field"  
> <allan.field at verizon.net>
> To: "Catalina Association List" <C320-List at catalina320.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:37 PM
> Subject: [C320-list] Blue Water Sailing
>
>
>> For anyone thinking of offshore sailing in a Catalina 320, you  
>> might want to
>> take a look at an article in the November 2008 issue of Blue Water  
>> Sailing
>> titled A Passage to the Islands.  Alessandra, a C320, was sailed  
>> from St.
>> Simon's Island to St. Thomas, a 1,300 mile nonstop journey, by a
>> professional delivery crew.  The article is quite detailed  
>> regarding the
>> 320's shortcomings for blue water sailing and ends with faint  
>> praise: ."it
>> will certainly be a good boat for weekends sailing around the  
>> islands. That
>> is, after all, her intended purpose."
>>
>>
>>
>> I am going to scan the article for saving.  If anyone wants a  
>> copy, let me
>> know.  I'll collect names  and send it out in about 2 weeks when I  
>> return
>> from a trip to Lake Tahoe.
>>
>>
>>
>> Allan S. Field
>>
>> Sea Shadow - #808
>>
>> Columbia, MD
>>
>>
>>
>