[C320-list] Port side coaming box?

[Jack McDonough]

Ken:

Your boat is gorgeous and should be a great buy for someone. Ours is a 2003 
and you've given us some ideas about refitting. Here are a few questions:

1. Where did you find the box that you installed in the cockpit to store the 
winch handle, etc.?
2. Where do you store your halyards and sheets? They appear to be hanging on 
the dodger frame. What happens when you put the dodger on? (We have bags on 
the bulkheads on each side of  the main companionway that hold the lines.)
3. Did your boat come with the large openings to the v-berth or did you cut 
them out?
4. Did you install hinges on the storage "pit" lid beside the galley sink or 
did the boat come with them?
5. You made your dinette table removable. How? I see that the collar that 
sits on the post is still attached to the table bottom. Does the table and 
collar simply lift off the post?

Good luck with the sale, even though it's painful.

Jack
"Sure Bet" 947






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jane & Ken" <obuoy4848 at sbcglobal.net>
To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Port side coaming box?


Jeff,
When the boat arrived from the factory to Lake Texoma I was there with my 
drill and saw ready to cut holes and "make the boat mine". The port side 
area was "wasted" space so I had three boxes to install----purchased prior 
to the arrival of the boat---I only installed one, and used it for a cockpit 
VHF radio speaker, a volume control for the cockpit speakers for the stereo 
and for the VHF volume---It also works fine for bug spray and etc 
stuff/winch handles when at anchor. The picture can be seen at 
yatchworld.com---boat currently for sale.
A totally aside story is that when the boat arrived from the factory I 
started cutting holes and installing stuff I had planned to install to 
'custom' the boat before it went into the water. The sales person (a friend 
of mine) Came up to the boat while I was cutting holes in it and asked me" 
Ken, you do plan on buying this boat don't you?" I had not yet given them 
the check for the boat----We still remain friends. I have cut many holes 
since and drilled several holes to make OBUOY more useful. Really can't 
believe I'm selling her. Ken

--- On Fri, 6/3/11, Jeff Hare <Catalina at thehares.com> wrote:


From: Jeff Hare <Catalina at thehares.com>
Subject: [C320-list] Port side coaming box?
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Date: Friday, June 3, 2011, 5:05 PM


Interesting.. What is this and how did you do it?

-Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Jane & Ken
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 5:00 PM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Information

Don, on OBUOY #219 the propane tank needed to be filled twice the first
year, the last fill was six years ago--your question is similiar to" how
long will a tank of gas last?", oh yes, that was the question---depends on
how much you use it.
Loading on the boat very much affects the list. OBUOY has no list. The
mast is verticle, other 320 owners ask why mine is straight--I tell them to
shift some weight.
I have the 3 blade prop, but rebuild kits should be available.
Welcome to the 320 owners group, you have a very fine boat that should
provide years of fun and there are many projects to make it more useful--A
coaming box on the port side was my first project even prior to writing the
check. Ken