[C38] Pictures

John Felkins jrfelkins at gmail.com
Fri May 6 10:31:03 EDT 2011


Chuck,

Adding pics to the site is a great idea. I'd prefer it. I'd even be willing to help populate it by copy and pasting some pics from folks blogs if that's agreeable. However I can help. Please advise. 

John 


John Felkins P.E.
TN CEI Leader
KCI Technologies, Inc.
7003 Chadwick Drive, Ste. 343 Brentwood, TN 37209
Phone: 615-594-9127
Fax: 888-854-4780
www.kci.com


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> Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 22:08:59 -0400
> From: Steven Ribble <steve.ribble at gmail.com>
> To: Catalina 38 Listserve <listserve at catalina38.org>
> Subject: Re: [C38] Lewmar 30 Winch
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> Craig: I do alot of short handed sailing/racing and bought two 52ST's from
> Joe Launie last year to make things easier to deal with...and just got
> around to swapping them for the 55's this week.  If I raced with a crew I'd
> probably keep the 55's but it is what it is.  I am also planning to go from
> a 150 to a 130 genoa so they shouldn't be under powered.  I did get a
> request from an interested party to hold them for a week or so...but yes I
> hope to pass them on to a new home.
> 
> Max: I believe these were original to the boat; don't know if they were an
> upgrade or not.
> 
> Steve R.
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> From: Steven Ribble <steve.ribble at gmail.com>
> To: navion at charter.net, Catalina 38 Listserve
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> Subject: Re: [C38] Lewmar 30 Winch
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> Three speed, standard Lewmar winches...
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> Date: Thu, 05 May 2011 19:30:10 -0700
> From: Joseph Launie <jlaunie at cox.net>
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> Subject: Re: [C38] hinged mold and Frank Butler
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> Steve,
>     One reason that Catalina was able to sell the C-38 at such a 
> reasonable price for what was really a custom boat was that Frank got 
> the expensive hinged hull mold from Johnnie at such a good price. Joe 
> Launie/Macavity
> 
> On 5/5/2011 2:03 PM, S Orton wrote:
>> We need to expand on this story and Joe's article is a very good 
>> start- it would make a great article for the MAINSHEET!
>> Cheers, Steve O
>> 
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>> Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 06:06:18 -0700
>> From: drstrong at ucdavis.edu
>> To: listserve at catalina38.org
>> Subject: Re: [C38] hinged mold and Frank Butler
>> 
>> Joe: Another great story from the master. Thanks! Don
>> 
>> On 5/5/11 1:28 AM, Joseph Launie wrote:
>> 
>>    Steve,
>>        I have a vague recollection of seeing the mold at Johnnie
>>    Schumacher's Yankee Yachts operation when the first Yankee 38's
>>    were being built. It was upside down when I saw it and the hinge
>>    was somewhere on top. I crewed on Independance, a Blue hulled
>>    Yankee 38. It was a one tonner. Ted Tuner bought hull number 3. We
>>    went to the first One Ton World's in San Diego and got hammered.
>>    We were last and Ted Turner next to last. At the trophy dinner,
>>    Ted came over and told us how happy he was we were there -
>>    otherwise, he would have been last. (the boat was way too heavy)
>>    John Linsky, my skipper, was a good friend of Johnnie Schumacher.
>>    When Yankee Yachts shut down, Johnnie sold the mold to Frank
>>    Butler. It was going to be called the Sparkman Stevens 38 but
>>    Frank and Olin Stevens got into it over changes Frank made to the
>>    hull, deck and mast. Frank  lengthened the rudder (and increased
>>    it in size again later) and changed the aft end of the keel. He
>>    changed the flush deck of the Yankee to what we have now and did
>>    his magic with the interior. He made the mast 2 feet higher - his
>>    standard change. But thru it all, with minor modifications, he
>>    used that huge, heavy, expensive hinged mold. With the tumble-home
>>    that was the only way to do it. You can only get so many cupcakes
>>    out of one mold. When it came time to replace it, Frank stopped
>>    making the 38.  Joe Launie/Macavity
>> 
>>    On 5/4/2011 10:49 PM, S Orton wrote:
>> 
>>        Joe, Did you actually see the clam shell mold?  If so where
>>        was the hinge located?  I would think it would be
>>        somewhere below the stub keel.  This discussion makes me feel
>>        a lot better about the structural aspect of the  Cat38- it is
>>        a one piece hull, not a hull made in halves and butted
>>        together with epoxy.  This also confirms why I could never
>>        find in the interior a parting line which would result from a
>>        2 piece hull.  But a crack that Steve S found on his boat is
>>        not good in my opinion.  What caused the cracks?  What is the
>>        surrounding material- bondo?  I guess I would of repaired
>>        it with glass cloth and epoxy or vinylester down to sound hull
>>        material and fair out about 6" all the way around.  When our
>>        boat was peeled I don't remember seeing any filler material in
>>        that area, so what Steve S saw is very concerning to me.  But
>>        this is an ex aero space structural engineer talking and I
>>        must remember these boats have existed for 20 plus years and I
>>        have never heard of a hull coming apart.
>>        Cheers, Steve O  (Santa Susanna, #304)
>>> Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 20:34:16 -0700
>>> From: jlaunie at cox.net <mailto:jlaunie at cox.net>
>>> To: listserve at catalina38.org <mailto:listserve at catalina38.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [C38] (no subject)
>>> 
>>> actually, it was a very expensive one piece mold with hinges
>>        in the
>>> middle. The cost of the mold is the reason they stopped
>>        making the boat.
>>> Joe Launie, Macavity
>>> 
>>> On 5/4/2011 1:13 PM, Dick Kilroy wrote:
>>>> With the reverse transom the boat had to have been made in
>>        half's. One
>>>> peace would be very hard to get out of the mold.
>>>> 
>>>> Dick
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Soto"
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>>>> To: "Catalina 38 Listserve" <listserve at catalina38.org>
>>        <mailto:listserve at catalina38.org>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 10:49 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [C38] (no subject)
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>>>> 
>>>>> Weren't our hulls made in two halves????? Or were the
>>        molds????
>>>>> While working out some blisters a while ago I noticed
>>        somo voids in
>>>>> the center line of the hull, right were the crack
>>        runs.... Just
>>>>> filled it with redin, and leaved it alone.
>>>>> I noticed that the hull has what looks like the balsa
>>        wood strip
>>>>> running down on the center of a surfboard ( but of
>>        course, it wasn't
>>>>> balsa)... That's were the crack in this pic is located...
>>>>> 
>>>>> Max
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sent from my iPod
>>>>> 
>>>>> On May 3, 2011, at 23:28, "Steve Smolinske"
>>>>> <SSmolinske at rainierrubber.com>
>>        <mailto:SSmolinske at rainierrubber.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Center line crack
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> <photo.JPG>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Steve Smolinske
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
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> Date: Fri, 06 May 2011 09:31:10 -0400
> From: Chuck Finn <charles at finn.ws>
> To: Catalina 38 Listserve <listserve at catalina38.org>
> Subject: Re: [C38] A Collection of Catalina 38 Pictures
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> John and all,
> We have a whole category on our website for pictures!  What we need is 
> for folks to send in pictures and as you may recall, Anders (our 
> webmaster) sent out just such a request about a month ago...
> This area of the website is open to everyone and it would be great to 
> populate it with some recent photos!
> So if you don't mind, why not focus on what we have?
> Regards,
> Chuck
> 
> On 5/5/2011 11:29 AM, john felkins wrote:
>> I've been searching the net for a good collection of multiple Catalina 
>> 38 pictures and haven't found one. I thought I'd create a space on 
>> Flickr to post pictures. Joining this group is free and easy but you 
>> do have to sign up for Flickr. I promise it doesn't hurt.
>> 
>> Click here to view/join the group:Catalina 38 Group 
>> <http://www.flickr.com/groups/catalina38>
>> 
>> I've primed the pump with one Catalina 38 Diagram. I'll be adding pics 
>> as time goes on (lots more when I buy my boat!).
>> 
>> Investing the the couple of minutes to upload pics here will help 
>> everyone by creating a space for boat project pictures also.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> John
>> 
>> jrfelkins at gmail.com <mailto:jrfelkins at gmail.com>
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