[C320-list] Blue Water Sailing

[Chef Adam Weiner]

Sorry, I didn't think of those.  

It does seem that 80% of the list is the same 20 issues.

Meanwhile, at least I didn't mention Orlando's yellow thong, which
thankfully he traded in when he bought the new boat.

Adam

-----Original Message-----
From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Kirk
McCullough
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 11:43 AM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Blue Water Sailing

Adam, you had me in stitches!

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.

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


>
> Gee I was trying for some humor poking fun at the list and I hit one 
> right.
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> Amazing.
>
> Adam
>
> -----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
>
> 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:
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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.
>
> 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
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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
>
>
> 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
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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
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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
>>
>>
>>> 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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