[C320-list] Blue Water Sailing

[Robert Seastream]

I take the comments made in the article under discussion, with a grain  
of salt.  Why is it that many years ago (Joshua Slocum on Spray), and  
not many years ago (Robin Lee Graham on Dove, Lin & Larry Pardey on  
Serrafyn), people made circumnavigations in far smaller and/or simpler  
craft than the C320?  Some of these people weren't much more skilled  
than some of us on the 320 forum, yet now it seems 40-45 feet and  
larger is considered entry level by many for such cruises.

That said, I'd like to read the article.  However, given the number of  
responses, there's got to be a simpler method of distribution.   
Getting permission for and posting the article to the 320 website  
might be the best, safest way to go about it.

Bob Seastream
Intuition # 906


On Oct 16, 2008, at 4:18 PM, Rod Boer wrote:

> I would like to read the article also.  Thanks.
>
> Rod Boer, #688
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Allan  
> S. Field
> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 10:37 PM
> To: Catalina Association List
> 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
>
>
>