[C320-list] 320 Draft

[William Ott]

In a pervious life I worked in the sailboat mfg'ing industry, 10 years or so.  With the exception of multihulls, I have never heard of an intentional  designed hull with the rudder deeper then the keel. 
Mike Ott
'Amanda Lu '
#508


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On Mar 28, 2013, at 7:55 PM, jim brown <jbrown5093 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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.
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> 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"
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> -----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.
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> 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