[C320-list] The New Catalina 445

[Robert Seastream]

My wife's had an eye on cats since she learned they don't heel like a  
monohull.  I like 'burying the rail'; she'd rather not.  It DOES make  
cooking difficult.
We've chartered a cat in Antigua for the week beginning 02-22-08, to  
get up close and personal with one, rather than just reading about them.
I share your pointing ability concerns.  Other concerns I have is  
seaworthiness in a blow and self righting ability, should it ever come  
to that.
We moor, so slip fees don't apply with us.  GBM (our marina in NH) has  
the ability to haul most anything, up to about 60 feet or so.
FWIW, we're looking at the TomCat 32 and MeCat 30.

Apologies for offending anyone on list by talking about multihulls,  
but if you count the dink most have, we all have multihulls.  :-)

Bob Seastream
Intuition # 906

On Jan 20, 2009, at 8:17 PM, Jon Vez wrote:

> Bob,
>
> No need to gasp--If it weren't for the slip headaches (cost) and  
> hauling
> challenges (here in the NE anyway) it would be a no brainer for me. We
> chartered a Cat in the Bahamas a couple of winter's ago and  
> absolutely fell
> in love with it. We were expecting the sailing to be uninspiring and  
> the
> pointing ability to be abysmal--let's just say our expectations were  
> very
> low. None of this turned out to be true. We were most shocked with  
> how well
> the boat actually pointed and it was a lot of fun to sail! Not  
> better or
> worse than a mono, just different.
>
> Would be interested to hear what others experiences are (hey, it's  
> in the
> 20's and there's a foot and a half of snow on the ground--don't rub  
> it in
> Orlando!!)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Robert
> Seastream
> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 7:01 PM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Cc: C320IA Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] The New Catalina 445
>
> Hmm...We DO have 'one more boat to buy', although I thought that might
> be either a 387 or 400.  My wife still wants to look at (gasp)
> catamarans.
>
> Bob Seastream
> Intuition # 906
>
> On Jan 20, 2009, at 6:54 PM, Karl Mielenhausen _/) wrote:
>
>> Catalina Yachts News....
>>
>> Nothing on the Catalina Yachts website yet, but I did find this on
>> the new 445 model...
>> http://www.hellieryachts.com/models/c445.phtml
>> just in case the winter weather is giving you a serious case of 12-
>> foot-itis!!!
>>
>> Here is a news release about their new marketing firm, also
>> responsible for updating their website...
>>
> http://www.tradeonlytoday.com/index.php/home/496678-catalina-yachts-picks-ma
> rketing-firm
>>
>> -- 
>> Karl Mielenhausen
>> Catalina 320 Hull 690
>> New Bern, NC
>>
>> Join us August 7-9, 2009 at Marina Del Rey, CA for our annual
>> Catalina 320 IA Regatta and Annual Meeting.
>