[C320-list] Length overall

[swampcreek42]

Wow, the more I hear about other marinas the more I appreciate mine. They just ask what the length is and it's settled, we're in at 32, that's what the boat is marketed at and that's a fair measurement. I would seriously consider moving if I started getting the treatment I hear some people receive. But then there are many empty slips on my area. 


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-------- Original message --------
From: Bruce Heyman <bruceheyman at cox.net> 
Date:11/25/2013  1:09 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com 
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Length overall 

Chris,

Let me join your rant.  

Before I bought our 320 I jumped in the dinghy and drove all around Dana Point Harbor.  I found 13 other C320's all in 30' slips...so we bought the boat.  

A few weeks later I got a call from the marina that they had measured my boat and it came in at 34' 8".  1' 8" over the allowable length in a 30' slip.  I asked if I could be present for the measurement as there was no way it was that long.  When I got down there I saw they were holding the poles with a tape measure at all sorts of cockeyed angles.  Once we got everything trued up it came in at 33' 8.5".  

A few weeks later I received a notice that the Harbor Master had determined that while my boat was too long for the slip it was deemed "safe" so I would be allowed to stay. Provided I paid to be on a 35' wait list and I paid the monthly slip fees for a 35.  That would have been about $135 a month increase.

So I took the bow pulpit off and brought it up to a Stainless Steel worker in Newport Harbor.  For about $600 bucks he took 5.5" out of the bow pulpit.  Did a fantastic job, you can't tell and it does not affect flying the spinnaker at all.  I'm now legal in my 30' slip at 33' 3" and got pay back in less than 5 months.

However, I've been working as a recreational boater advocate in the harbor ever since....end of my rant on this topic.

Best,
Bruce

Bruce Heyman
bruceheyman at cox.net
(949) 289-8400
Somerset #671 Dana Point, CA


-----Original Message-----
From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of clburti at gmail.com
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 6:19 AM
To: 320
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Length overall

I’m not sure about the length they measured, and suspect they may be pretty close, but the issue shows what kind of idiotic thinking is prevalent in the marina business. Length has nothing to do with what actually limits the number of slips they can rent. The number of slips that most marinas can rent is defined by the width and depth of the slips. The only issue they have with length is how a big boat’s length projects into and obstructs the fairway. You control that by refusing boats that are too long, not by charging them more…and that is my rant for the day…






Fair Winds
Chris Burti
Commitment
Catalina 320, #867





From: Graeme Clark
Sent: ‎Monday‎, ‎November‎ ‎25‎, ‎2013 ‎9‎:‎16‎ ‎AM
To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com





Has anyone actually measured their 320 end to end to get a true LOA including the pulpit and projection at the rear of the boarding ladder.

I just ask because my marina is trying to charge us based on 10.4 metres (34ft 1.5”) which they claim they have measured which seems a bit on the high side to me!

I’m 250 miles away so can’t just nip down to the yard and measure it!

Thanks

Graeme
#303, Simia, 1996