[C320-list] Draft...again

[Robert Seastream]

My 2002 wing keel has 4'10" draft.  We don't need to discuss how I  
determined this beyond doubt.

Bob Seastream
Intuition # 906


On Dec 19, 2009, at 9:44 PM, Larry Frank wrote:

> Pat,
>
> Please accept my most sincere apology.  I meant no harm.
>
> I wrote this before my morning cup of coffee.  After buying a new  
> 135% UK
> tape drive and having a smooth racing bottom paint job done on  
> WindSwept in
> April so I could do better in races, it would be reasonable for me  
> to show
> better judgment.  I can't imagine what I was thinking when I wrote  
> that.
>
> As someone else correctly pointed out, you can't believe everything  
> you read
> these days.
>
> Larry
> WindSwept
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of pat  
> reynolds
> Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 11:53 AM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Draft...again
>
> Larry, after all the money I've spent on sails, halyards and other
> equipment, now you tell me its' not a racer.  You sure know how to  
> hurt a
> guy and around the holidays too.
>
>
> --- On Sat, 12/19/09, Larry Frank <WindSwept at stx.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Larry Frank <WindSwept at stx.rr.com>
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Draft...again
>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>> Date: Saturday, December 19, 2009, 9:11 AM
>> Karl,
>>
>> I have hull #246.  The records are not entirely
>> correct.  #246 has the
>> shallow bilge and a draft of 4"10".  Go figure.
>> Maybe I have the hull of a
>> deep bilge with the liner or a shallow bilge.  All I
>> know is that I would
>> rather have the deep bilge and the 4'10" raft if this were
>> possible.
>>
>> I find it amusing how I have heard that Catalina kept the
>> same hull form
>> when they went to the MKII so different vintage boats could
>> race as a one
>> design class but at the same time there are 2-3 different
>> combinations
>> drafts and keels on the "same model".
>>
>> Since the 320 isn't a racer, and we really don't have
>> "one-design" classes
>> racing around the world, it probably is a moot point, but
>> why make this
>> claim?
>>
>> Larry
>> WindSwept C320 #246
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
>> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com]
>> On Behalf Of Karl
>> Mielenhausen _/)
>> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 12:12 PM
>> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Draft...again
>>
>> According to our records, the bilge was deepened with hull
>> 246 and the
>> C310 keel was used starting with hull 847.
>> Therefore, hulls 246-846 should have 4' 10" draft.
>> If anyone has any contrary info, let me know so I can
>> update our database.
>>
>> On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:01:11 -0500, Ann McCrystal/Tim
>> Connolly
>> <tjcamm92 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Brian,
>>>
>>> I noticed that you have hull #797 in your email, I
>> have hull #798 and I
>>> am
>>> 99.9% confident that I have a 4' 4" draft on my
>> C320.  I sail in Barnegat
>>> Bay and I am sure if I had a 4' 10" draft I would
>> still be aground out
>>> there.
>>>
>>> Tim Connolly
>>> Ty Ar Mor #798
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Karl Mielenhausen
>> Catalina 320 Hull 690
>>
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