[C320-list] Jack stand height

[Dean Vermeire]

The hull id list on the Catalina 320 web site lists #847 (my boat, 
coincidentally) as being the first to switch back to the 4' 4" draft.  
I'd have to believe yours is the same.

On 9/22/2014 4:27 PM, Ed Lockett wrote:
> We actually won't be using jack stands, but will have it on an adjustable sail boat trailer with 4 bracing pads.  Are just trying to get a good idea of how high up to adjust the bracing pads before pulling out the boat.  Ours is a 2001 with hull #852.  Probably a 4'10"  draft.
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> Ed Lockett
> Alabama Girl
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> On Sep 22, 2014, at 4:38 PM, Amiraults Family wrote:
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>> All:
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>> My club does not allow jack stands, so everyone uses cradles. Still, to
>> relieve a small portion of my ignorance clear something up for me. I would
>> think that the height of the stands for a wing keel C320 would depend (all
>> else remaining equal) on the hull number. My memory is that early hull had a
>> 4'4" draft. Later, the bilge was deepened with no change to the keel
>> resulting, as in my boat, in a 4'10" draft; which I think would require a
>> taller stand. Even later, the bilge remained the same while Catalina
>> supplied a lower profile wing thus reducing the draft again to the original
>> 4'4".
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>> Brian Amirault
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>> 797 Waltzing Bear, too
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