[C320-list] Blue Water Sailing

[sail0983 at aol.com]

I guess they didn't read the article in BWS but when I went down to my boat this afternoon there was a C-310 flying a Canadian Flag with full canvas anchored off of my dock. Interesting that their full canvas installation is outside of the stern-rail and encloses the stern-seats. Boats name is Agapi. I can not see the hailing port. Appears to be a man, woman and dog onboard.

Dave Marchant
Illumination #983
Solomons, MD


-----Original Message-----
From: Kirk McCullough <kirk.mccullough at telus.net>
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Sent: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 2:43 pm
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Blue Water Sailing


Adam, you had me in stitches!?
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I would add; the salon table is hard to remove and you can't reach the light switches in the aft cabin without a pole.?
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Kirk?
#124?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chef Adam Weiner" <esquirecatering at rcn.com>?
To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>?
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 9:15 PM?
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Blue Water Sailing?
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> Gee I was trying for some humor poking fun at the list and I hit one > right.?
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> Amazing.?
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> Adam?
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> -----Original Message-----?
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com?
> [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?
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> 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.?
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> 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.?
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> Allan S. Field?
> Sent from my Treo PDA?
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> -----Original Message-----?
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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?
> Size: 2K?
> To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>?
> cc: craigeneboe at aol.com; straum_rpi at yahoo.com?
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> 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:?
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> `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.?
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> Adam?
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> -----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?
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> Its not a C320 but it shows just how strong these boats are. Go to the > link?
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> to see some Dehler 31 test crashes into rocks and floating structures.?
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> www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvxhQO4pw2E?
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> A Dehler 31 yacht is sailed at full speed into an obstruction?
> Category: Sports?
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> Tags: Dehler yacht crash test underwater obstruction aground etap?
> Bavaria Legent Moody jeanneau beneteau sailing URL?
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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?
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>> Is this really a surprise? The 320 is billed as a coastal cruiser. I?
>> suppose any boat could sail anywhere in good weather.?
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>> CRA?
>> Rosebud #882?
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>> ----- 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?
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>>> For anyone thinking of offshore sailing in a Catalina 320, you might >>> want?
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>>> 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.?
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>>>?
>>>?
>>> Allan S. Field?
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>>> Sea Shadow - #808?
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>>> Columbia, MD?
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