[C320-list] C320 boat list

[Elizabeth Schwartz]

Ahoy.......20x16x1/2=160 cubic inches.......anyone know how much that 
amount of lead weighs?...Joe...#245


On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 11:09 PM, Gary Magnuson wrote:

> Just to add another comment about our 320 port list, It was apparent 
> on a 2008, three boat trip to Isle Royale. A C&C 30, and a Cape Dory 
> 30, offered confirmation, while at anchor, that yes, I list to port.. 
> I assured them that she sailed just fine, and had no problem keeping 
> up, or accommodating our friends, for the evening meals. When I 
> replaced my 4d's I used a salvaged lead sheet about 20 inches, by 16 
> inches by 1/2 inch thick, to lay along side the battery tray on the 
> starboard side.  It tucks up under the seat, and seems to have brought 
> her in line with the other masts along the headed dock in the Apostle 
> Islands Marina.  When viewed from the parking lot, my 320 was always 
> out of alignment until my modification.  Now no one notices any 
> difference, and the cocktail hour commentary has progressed to other 
> topics.  As my wife tells me, "Just Deal with it".
>
> Gary Magnuson
> Time A Weigh,  #205
>
> On 9/30/2014 9:00 PM, Chris Burti wrote:
>> They were formerly made in California...maybe its just a little left
>> coast lean...
>>
>> Thanks, Chris BurtiFrom: Bob and Barb Uhlman
>> Sent: ‎9/‎30/‎2014 8:12 PM
>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] C320 boat list
>> We used to have a Catalina 28 and it listed to port also.  Maybe all
>> Catalina's list to port?
>>
>> Barb Uhlman
>> Whisper, 1158
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, September 30, 2014 6:14 PM, Jeff Hare  wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> We're a polite bunch.  :)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: C320-list [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On 
>> Behalf
>> Of Allan S Field
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 6:09 PM
>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] C320 boat list
>>
>> My waterline is OK as I moved it up about 2 inches several years ago. 
>> Got
>> tired of scraping the barnacles where there was no  bottom paint; now 
>> there
>> is bottom paint!  I sacrificed most of the blue stripe at the bottom 
>> but so
>> far, no other person has ever noticed the difference unless I point 
>> it out!
>>
>> Allan S. Field
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>> On Sep 30, 2014, at 5:50 PM, Elizabeth Schwartz
>>  wrote:
>>> Ahoy.....#245 has a noticable list to port.......the waterline to 
>>> port is
>> visably lower in the water.....Joe...
>>>
>>>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 02:52 PM, millers1 at aol.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Allan,
>>>> I did, and it just stays in a puddle.  The boat looks perfect from
>>>> astern, ahead and athwart ships., even sighting the mast, etc..... 
>>>> she is
>> on her her lines.
>>>> As I noted in an earlier e-mail, the PO installed a 3rd, 4D battery
>> (120#) on the starboard side.
>>>> With out that weight she may lean to Port(?).
>>>> Something must be off center, because with the: house batteries, 
>>>> head,
>> aft water tnk. and fuel tnk. all on the Stbd side one would expect a 
>> list to
>> Starboard (?), not Port.
>>>> It is hard to prove , because of variable conditions, but  when on 
>>>> a Port
>> or Starboard tack, my boat is faster on Starboard.
>>>> Lets see how your off-ctr. comment stands up on the forum!!!!!!
>>>>
>>>> Art    #680
>>>>   -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Allan S Field To: C320-List Sent: Tue, Sep 30, 2014 1:26 pm
>>>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] C320 boat list
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Spill a little bit of water on the counter to the right of the 
>>>> galley
>> faucet and see which way the water runs.  If it does not run to port, 
>> I
>> doubt you have a C320!  Seriously though, my sense after 13 years 
>> with the
>> boat is that the list is not a weight problem but rather the original 
>> mold
>> was off center.  Just my opinion but I am sticking with it until 
>> proven
>> wrong!
>>>> Allan S. Field
>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>
>>>>> On Sep 27, 2014, at 9:46 PM, Millers  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have heard people mention a boat list.  Which way does the boat
>>>>> list, if it
>>>> has a list??  My hull #680 has no visible list.  The PO did install 
>>>> a
>> third 4D battery on the Stbd. Side.
>>>>> Art
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sep 27, 2014, at 5:41 PM, Amiraults Family  wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jeff:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would think an additional 9 gallons of diesel would be a boon 
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> a few, but for those of us who mainly motor out of harbor and 
>>>>>> back
>>>>>> in after a sail
>>>>>> - not so much. With the short season before putting Bear on the
>>>>>> hard, I usually use less than a half tank as it is. Thus the
>>>>>> diesel, although diluted with new in the fall, is generally 
>>>>>> growing
>>>>>> older and older. It gets a stabilizer and biocide but I still 
>>>>>> wonder..
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sure would like to lose the list, though.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Brian Amirault
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 797 Waltzing Bear, too
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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