[C320-list] C320 boat list

Wed Oct 1 18:06:24 PDT 2014

Hey, I just noticed a glitch in my last message. The end got dropped. What
I meant to say was:
Last year when I priced 4D batteries, the prices were all in the
neighborhood of $500. Can anyone point me to the source for the $215
batteries?
Martin Rosenberg
Avalon  #823

On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Brian Borchers <slaintec320 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> 50 to 75 pounds of recycled lead shot took care of my problem!!   Each bag
> is small and fits nicely in a tight area.
>
> http://www.rotometals.com/product-p/lead_shot_reclaim_clean.htm
>
> BKB
> # 608
> Slainte
>
> On Oct 1, 2014, at 12:53 PM, Dean Vermeire <dean at vermeire.us> wrote:
>
> > Close.  I think it is for when I am sitting at the table eating, the
> boat stays level.  That way, people don't see the boat listing to
> starboard, see me at the table, and say out loud, "hasn't he already had
> enough to eat?"
> >
> > Dean
> >
> > On 10/1/2014 11:15 AM, John Meyers wrote:
> >> I may have the reason there is a port list..... It might be a clever
> >> design...... The dinner table is on the starboard side and when we are
> >> sitting there eating the boat is on even keel and the soup doesn't spill
> >> over the side of the bowl.
> >>
> >> John
> >>
> >> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Martin Rosenberg <
> >> martinlrosenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Last year when I priced 4D batteries, the prices were all in the
> >>> neighborhood
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 9:20 AM, <millers1 at aol.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> This has been an interesting discussion.   As I noted in an earlier
> >>> e-mail
> >>>> I have no list on
> >>>> #680, but the PO had installed a 3rd 4D battery  (Wt appox.115#, cost
> >>>> approx $215) .
> >>>> Using Tony's comment below:  a 5# ingot of lead costs approx. $20, so
> 64#
> >>>> of lead would
> >>>> cost about... $260...... Hummmm, maybe the PO of my boat was doing
> more
> >>>> than just
> >>>> adding reserve battery capacity. ????
> >>>>
> >>>> Art
> >>>> S/V  Liberty
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: Tony Murphy <tony at midwestphysics.com>
> >>>> To: C320-List <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> >>>> Sent: Wed, Oct 1, 2014 8:50 am
> >>>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] C320 boat list
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Lead is roughly 0.4 pounds per cubic inch.  So roughly 64 pounds for
> 160
> >>>> cubic
> >>>> inches.
> >>>>
> >>>> Tony
> >>>> #886
> >>>>
> >>>> On Oct 1, 2014, at 6:51 AM, Elizabeth Schwartz <
> >>> schwartz781 at optonline.net>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> 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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