[C320-list] Blue Water Sailing

[David Nolte]

Allan, Adam, et al,

Adam also got #9 right - so double his score. I you recall, the  
writer of the article installed lee cloths in the main salon because  
they needed the fore and aft berths for storage and because pitching  
in the V-Berth would be "intolerable" as he also thought would be the  
heat and engine noise in the aft cabin.

Overall, I think we need to look at how this writer framed his story.  
His profession is outfitting sailboats for offshore voyaging.  
However, he admits that the only other extended passage on a boat of  
this type (production boat with wing keel and spade rudder) was  
skippering a Beneteau 51 across the South China Sea from Manila to  
Hong Kong. That boat basically fell apart on him (mast folded above  
the upper spreaders, and the engine failed), and he states that "this  
Catalina passage was twice as long, but certainly easier all around."

Once again, BWS told me they would post this article on their website  
around 11/1.

I think I made out the name today of the cruising 320 moored in Spa  
Creek - it looks like "Maria". So, Maria, if you're out there, please  
apprise us of your cruising plans, and maybe give us some insights  
into your experiences cruising on a 320!

David Nolte
Beach House #4



On Oct 18, 2008, at 7:52 PM, allan.field at verizon.net wrote:

> Adam - you got 1 out of 10 right - number 6.  Still waiting to hear  
> if BWS  will let me post on the website.  If no, will send out  
> scanned to those who asked for it when we return from Tahoe.
>
> The main issue is that the transom design doesn't take a robust  
> self-steering vane and the stock autohelm packed up after 200 miles.
>
> Allan S. Field
> Sent from my Treo PDA
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From:  "Chef Adam Weiner" <esquirecatering at rcn.com>
> Subj:  Re: [C320-list] Blue Water Sailing
> Date:  Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:39 am
> Size:  2K
> To:  <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> cc:  craigeneboe at aol.com; straum_rpi at yahoo.com
>
> Without reading the article about blue water sailing I will stick  
> my neck
> out and venture that the negative things they wrote about the 320  
> were:
>
> `1.	The boat doesn't come stock with a folding prop.
> 2.	The cabin lights are too dim
> 3.	There are 4D batteries on board instead of golf cart batteries.
> 4.  There is no separate starter battery
> 5.	There is no television on board
> 6.	The anchor type is wrong (whatever the anchor type is)
> 7.	There isn't a xynetc battery charger
> 8.	The head doesn't pump with fresh water from a y valve off of the
> reefer
> 9.	There is no decent bunk to sleep in if there are heavy seas
> 10.	The high/wide aft area of the boat makes steering in a heavy aft
> wind/heavy following seas difficult to steer.
>
> Adam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of  
> Dennis Harris
> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 7:56 AM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Blue Water Sailing
>
> Its not a C320 but it shows just how strong these boats are.  Go to  
> the link
>
> to see some Dehler 31 test crashes into rocks and floating structures.
>
> www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvxhQO4pw2E
>
>
> A Dehler 31 yacht is sailed at full speed into an obstruction
> Category:  Sports
>
> Tags:  Dehler  yacht  crash  test  underwater  obstruction   
> aground  etap
> Bavaria  Legent  Moody  jeanneau  beneteau  sailing  URL
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <crashley at gte.net>
> To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 2:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Blue Water Sailing
>
>
>> 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."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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