[C320-list] Blue Water Sailing

[Chef Adam Weiner]

Gee I was trying for some humor poking fun at the list and I hit one right.

Amazing.

Adam

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[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of
allan.field at verizon.net
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 4:52 PM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Blue Water Sailing

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

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From:  "Chef Adam Weiner" <esquirecatering at rcn.com>
Subj:  Re: [C320-list] Blue Water Sailing
Date:  Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:39 am
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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

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[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

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----- 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>