[C320-list] 320 Draft

[Allan S Field]

Many of us took a tour of the Catalina factory in 2004.  Following is a
sentence from my notes:  "The lower 30% of the rudder is designed to
breakaway in a hard grounding; the remaining stub should get you home."
This was from Gerry Douglas.  I don't think that any of us thought at the
time to ask if the breakaway rudder had anything to do with the end of the
rudder being lower than the keel.

Allan S. Field
Sea Shadow - #808
Columbia, MD

-----Original Message-----
From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of jim brown
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 7:56 PM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] 320 Draft

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




________________________________
 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