[C320-list] 320 Draft

[Bruce Heyman]

Allan,
That sure would beat a bent rudder shaft or broken bearings!  
Bruce
Somerset Dana Point, CA

Bruce Heyman
(949) 289-8400

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

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