[C320-list] Upwind performance

[Jeff Hare]

What could be worse is the sand that makes it through the filter can score the lining of the raw water pump and may damage its ability to prime.

Jeff

Allan S Field <allan.field at verizon.net> wrote:

>One needs to be careful when backing down when stuck however.  The risk
>is
>significant of sucking sand and mud into the engine thru-hull.  I am
>not
>sure of the veracity of this but have been  told it can clog the
>system.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
>[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Warren
>Updike
>Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 10:16 AM
>To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>Subject: Re: [C320-list] Upwind performance
>
>I'm not a racer and otherwise not interested much in performance, so
>I'll
>not comment on those aspects.  This post is more about the wing keel
>than
>performance.  I have heard that the wing keels while not great on
>pointing
>are runaways on downwind.  I've no idea why this would be so; but, I
>haven't
>seen it mentioned so I throw it out there.
>
>However, when it comes to grounding, I've had a bit of experience
>there.
>Sailing on the Chesapeake it is said that there are only two kinds of
>sailors: those who have grounded and those who will.  Fortunately, the
>Bay
>is "99.44% pure" mud or sand, so damage is usually avoided.  Patience
>is a
>must as a solid grounding requires a tow or wait for higher tide. 
>Once, I
>grounded the rudder on rock and waited-out the tide.  Even then, the
>bottom
>of the rudder opened and required repair.  
>
>From my experience, a low-speed ground while motoring is best handled
>by
>immediate reverse and power back.  Unless you know the bottom contours,
>backing out is the safest bet.  Crew to the bow can help to raise the
>back
>of the wing.  Once on the bottom, the wide bottom of the wing creates a
>suction effect that is hard to break.  Kedging a halyard to create heel
>can
>be helpful; but, not like with a fin keel.  I've had a successful
>recovery
>with a kedge; but, only when I had deeper water ahead.
>
>Warren & Pattie Updike
>1994 C320 #62 "Warr De Mar"
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Amiraults Family [mailto:amiraults at sympatico.ca]
>Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 3:46 PM
>To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
>Subject: Re: [C320-list] Upwind performance
>
>Rick:
>
> 
>
>I race PHRF-LO JAM on the Ottawa River. The boat is a wing keel, the
>sails
>are in good condition but not racing quality, there is no adjustable
>backstay and I have a feathering prop. My boat NEVER wins, but there is
>ALWAYS beers on board at the end of the evening. We are competitive
>with
>other wing keel Catalinas (and usually beat them) but simply cannot
>point as
>high as the fin keel boats like the usually winning Niagara 31 with its
>racing sails, narrow beam and 8500lb displacement. If winning is
>important
>then avoid the wing keel.
>
> 
>
>If draft is important then go with the wing keel.
>
> 
>
>Either way, if livability is important then go with the open transom
>and
>swim platform. I race for fun and really don't need the glassware
>(single
>glass) awarded in the fall for the winner in each race series. In my
>harbor,
>the Niagara did not race for much of the summer of '11 'cause her 5'
>draft
>could not leave the harbor due to the unusually low water levels that
>year.
>In that year I only tapped bottom twice. I wanted to race but we needed
>the
>livability and so in the search for our current boat open transom was a
>must-have.
>
> 
>
>As to the weight; when you're lucky you get what you pay for. Any boat
>with
>this broad a beam will weigh more as there is simply more material used
>in
>the construction to yield the volume. When comparing apples, like
>Catalina
>and the Jenn-ateaus you will find the former displaces more. But then
>the
>hull is solid glass and not a lighter glass/foam sandwich.  It thus
>goes
>slower with everything else equal. Still, in my the last race collision
>(summer '07 and the protest committee ruled the boat hitting mine 100%
>at-fault) I was racing again the next week with duct tape over the hole
>while he was out most of the summer for repair.
>
> 
>
>There is also something to be said - over an older design - for DC
>refrigeration, gas stove/oven, head near the companionway,  and a
>shower.
>Oh, and those older narrower boats tend to have cockpits snugly-perfect
>for
>sailing but not so roomy for living on the hook with the family.
>
> 
>
>I love my 320 and so does the family.
>
> 
>
>Brian Amirault
>
>797 Waltzing Bear, too