[C320-list] Draft...again

[pat reynolds]

you got it

Pat

--- 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, 8:44 PM
> 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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