[C320-list] HULL INCLINED

[Crosby Roper]

I had know idea we were the object of such universal interest.

Crosby Roper, VMD
 

> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:54:17 -0500
> From: gary.magnuson at frontier.com
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] HULL INCLINED
> 
> All,
> Since my 320 is moored along a header dock in line with a Tartan 37, a 
> C&C 30, a 34' Westerly Corsair, and a 35' C&C. My 320 port list is 
> intuitively obviously to all fellow owners as they haul their gear from 
> the parking lot to their boats. I keep the fuel tank full, the stern 
> water tank full, and I also have a 50 pound 1/4" thick piece of sheet 
> lead form an old telecommunications cable splice, wedged between my aft 
> most 4D Battery and the hull. The comments and snickers have now 
> stopped, and the 5pm dock box "staff meetings" have moved on to other 
> topics.
> 
> Gary #205
> 
> On 6/22/2011 1:23 PM, Donald Lawson wrote:
> > All
> > I am going to move all my alcohol to the Starboard side. I expect that will fix any list. Probably will list to stud.
> > Don #1005
> > On Jun 22, 2011, at 9:53 AM, Crosby Roper wrote:
> >
> >> Maria,
> >>
> >> I thnk you will be hard pressed to find anyone in this group who does not love their 320. Does your boat really list to the right rather than the left as this would be a unique situation? As Jeff said, we are all port listers. It is so mild that i have always felt it is insignifcant. Enjoy the boat, ther water, the wind. Juat out of curiosity, when people critixcize your choice, on what grounds do they do so and what are their preferred boats?
> >>
> >> Crosby Roper, VMD
> >>
> >>
> >>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> >>> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:49:50 +0200
> >>> From: platayoro at katamail.com
> >>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] HULL INCLINED
> >>>
> >>> Hallo Jeff,
> >>>
> >>> but is it is unpleasant to find people who warn you of the wrong hull
> >>> and speak against " Catalina ".
> >>>
> >>> But if you say that is normal I feel better
> >>>
> >>> despite I wonder if I choose the right boat. I would think that there
> >>> is a design flaw at the origin.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks a lot
> >>>
> >>> Maria Grazia
> >>>
> >>> mar 21/06/11 17:56 , Jeff Hare catalina at thehares.com ha inviato:
> >>>
> >>> The 320 design has always leaned towards the Galley side and is a
> >>> well known and often discussed fact.
> >>> Keeping a full fuel tank and full aft water tank minimizes that.
> >>> Also keeping heavy things in the aft starboard locked also helps.
> >>> We keep our dinghy on davits pointing so the outboard is on the
> >>> starboard side.
> >>> If your boat is leaning towards the Head and not the galley, that
> >>> would be unusual. ??
> >>> -jeff
> >>> [1]platayoro at katamail.com wrote:
> >>> Hallo to everybody!
> >>> My hull is slightly tilted on the right even i did not put anything
> >>> particularly heavy on board on that side only clothes, dishes ecc.
> >>> This happens since I bought my Catalina (about 2 years ago).
> >>> I advice the Catalina Ufficial Italian Impoter who sold us the boat,
> >>> and after many complaintst
> >>> they will come to see the boat next week.
> >>> I wonder if it happens also some of you and what it can be.
> >>> I just had to clean the hull to prepare the boat before the summer
> >>> holidays and the blue waterline on the side of the slope was ruined
> >>> for
> >>> the water
> >>> Thanks for news pls help ...
> >>> Maria Grazia& Gae HULL 1124 "MARALI" ITALY GENOVA
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