[C320-list] 320 Draft

[jim brown]

There was a post recently that said that the rudder being deeper than the keel was intentional and that the bottom 3 inches of the rudder was designed to be sacrificial. Anyone know if that is a fact? Hitting with the rudder first especially with a wing keel in soft mud or sand may actually be an advantage in being able to back off before the wing gets anchored in.

Jim Brown




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 From: Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com>
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com 
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] 320 Draft
 
The Catalina marketing pubs and owner's manual for our shallow pan 1994, #64
say the draft is 4'-3".  I haven't measured it; but, I can tell you that the
rudder is deeper than the keel.  Not by much; but, enough that when the
bottom is hard, I definitely feel the rudder first.

Warren & Pattie Updike
1994 C320 #62 "Warr De Mar"

-----Original Message-----
From: Randy Dewhirst [mailto:redewhirst at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 4:40 PM
To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
Subject: [C320-list] 320 Draft

When shopping for Catalina 320's I was given the following information from
Catalina concerning the draft differences.

First Production to Hull #280 - 4'-4" Draft (shallow gridpan bilge) Hull
#281 thru Hull #846 - 4'-10" Draft Hull #847 on - 4'-4" Draft

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Randy & Susan Dewhirst
N4680 TImbercrest Drive East
Onalaska, WI 54650
(608) 781-7343
redewhirst at gmail.com