[C320-list] Handling chop & short period waves

[Karl Krueger]

Mike:

Both C320 & C34 are great boats and handle rough seas very well.  I feel
that the fin keel would probably behave I little better compared to the
wing.  I've sailed my C320 in 8 plus foot seas on Lake Michigan.  Our waves
are much different than the ocean;  our waves are closer together.  Last
weekend we had waves of over 20 ft. with freezing spray, glad the boat is on
the hard.

You would do very good with either boat.

Karl

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Mike Barrowman <watercayman at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> Hi folks,
>
> My first post here - please forgive me if I've done this wrong.
>
> My family currently has a C250 which we are selling, looking for a larger
> boat.  I've narrowed the list to the C320 and the C34, leaning toward the
> 320.  I will need to sail (or have sailed) the boat from the US upon
> purchase to Cayman, so it needs to be able to handle the trip -- which I
> believe the 320 can, and know for sure the 34 can.  Any comments?
>
> 90% of my sails will be day sails solo, and it seems the 320 is a good boat
> for this.  But, with my wife and young daughter on the boat, one of my key
> needs is a boat that handles chop well.  Our current 250 bounces over the
> waves a bit too much, which prevents my daughter from enjoying it.  Our bay
> is very shallow and typical winds of 15kts build very short period 1-2 foot
> waves.  How would the 320 handle these conditions?  The weight of the 250 is
> only 4K #, so I'm hopeful the 11K # 320 will slice right through, but after
> searching the archive, I'm not sure I've seen a direct comment on this.
>
> Many thanks,
> Mike
>




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