[C320-list] How soon after launch?

[kskis at aol.com]

Not sure if this should be a separate thread but I thought I would relay my recent launching/splashing experience in an effort to maybe help someone else.  Two seasons back I had the yard do my winterizing on the hard.  Unbeknownst to me, they disconnected the raw water hose normally attached to a raw water pump the prior owner installed to clean off the anchor.  I have never used this pump and normally kept the through-hull for this pump in the closed position.  Now two seasons later, I did the fall and spring commissioning and must have opened the through-hull while on the hard in the fall.  Recently the yard splashed the boat a week earlier than announced which prevented me from my normal checking of through-hulls.  The yard splashed Harmony with this through-hull open, seawater came in though the open connection at the pump, and flooded the forward starboard v-birth locker as well as the battery compartment.  By luck, the water drained into the bilge but didn't damage the batteries (stopped an inch below the terminals!).  Lesson learned:  make sure all through-hulls are closed prior to launch and assume the yard will NOT find all ot them.  Second lesson learned:  If the yard does your winterizing or commissioning make sure all connections are re-connected prior to splashing.  Neil Kornblatt Harmony #973 Greenport, NY


-----Original Message-----
From: Troy Dunn <troutwarrior at gmail.com>
To: C320-List at catalina320.com
Sent: Wed, Apr 28, 2021 9:06 pm
Subject: Re: [C320-list] How soon after launch?

We usually get the boat off the dock as soon as our work schedules permit.
 Our boat definitely flexes on the hard, but always returns to "normal" by
the time we are on the boat.  Usually the night after it splashes,,,chalk
that up to paranoia that the boat is taking on water because of some
unknown failure over the winter.

Troy Dunn
Hull #514
Rock Hall, MD

On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 6:37 PM Charles r Martin <chiprmartin at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I agree with John.  I only want to verify the new packing in the packing
> gland is tight enough and verify all through hulls are holding up.  Then
> it’s sea trial time with an overnight to a local gunk hole spot.
>
> Best,
> Chip Martin
> S/V Bonaventure, Hull #767
> (410) 231-0199
> chiprmartin at gmail.com
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Apr 28, 2021, at 6:30 PM, John Morrison <sail-ability at sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
> >
> > Never heard of such a thing. I sail as soon as she’s in the water. The
> boat hull will not take a set unless you really crank it crooked. Anyhow
> the hulls are flexible and will assume it’s designed form in the water!
> > Regards
> > JohnM
> > 1999#574
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Apr 28, 2021, at 3:46 PM, Christian <ccaper at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm in Chicago, and sit on the hard about 7 months (out in early Oct,
> in
> >> in mid May).  My yard drops is in water day before, and then I sail
> about 4
> >> hours to my harbor.  I've never been told they splash us the day before
> for
> >> hull to adjust.  I think they splash us at least a day early to ensure
> no
> >> through hulls sprout leaks.
> >>
> >>
> >>>> On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 2:10 PM Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> FWIW, I've never heard of a need to wait, nor can I imagine one. True,
> they
> >>> revert to their former shape when launced, but they flex to various
> degrees
> >>> depending on the wind and the waves while under sail anyway.
> >>>
> >>> Fair Winds,
> >>> Chris Burti
> >>> Commitment #867
> >>> Farmville, NC
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 2:37 PM B. Stumpp <bstumpp at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Curious how long after your 320 is launched before you take it out
> for a
> >>>> sail?
> >>>>
> >>>> While being on a cradle for the winter our nav station lid doesn't
> close
> >>> so
> >>>> there is some settling involved.
> >>>>
> >>>> But once back in the water the nav station will close again.
> >>>>
> >>>> I've heard a wait of  anything from 24 hours to 4 days.  What is the
> >>>> recommendation?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Bruce Stumpp
> >>>>
> >>>> #647, Adventure
> >>>>
> >>>> Frog Mortar Creek, Maryland
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >
>