[C320-list] C320 boat list

[Elizabeth Schwartz]

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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