[C320-list] Blue Water Sailing

[crashley at gte.net]

Is this really a surprise? The 320 is billed as a coastal cruiser. I suppose 
any boat could sail anywhere in good weather.

CRA
Rosebud #882


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allan S. Field" <allan.field at verizon.net>
To: "Catalina Association List" <C320-List at catalina320.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 7:37 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."
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> 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
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