[C38] Deep keel - 6'9"

[david at dlrfilms.com]

Same with Great Salt Pond on Block Island.

The shallow spots are 35', and crowded if you get there late. The deep
spots are 50'. No one puts out enough line. The wind blows and everyone
drags...


> Steve,
>      In Southern California we have a different problem with depth,
> anchoring in deep water.  In Pelican Cove on Santa Cruz Island for
> example, if you get there early ( in the summer that is Thursday) you
> can anchor inside in only 25 feet. Get there on saturday and you will
> anchor in the center in 45 to 60 feet.   Years ago when we used to race
> to Catalina on saturday and arrive at Two Harbors in the late afternoon,
> I have anchored in 100 feet of water. Don't get too much scope. Joe
> Launie/Macavity
>
> On 6/7/2011 9:03 PM, Steve Smolinske wrote:
>> NW does have some issues with depth, but they are not soft bottoms, they
>> are usually rocks.  The San Juan Islands publish a chart "The twelve
>> most hit reefs"
>>
>> ________________________________
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>> From: listserve-bounces at catalina38.org on behalf of david at dlrfilms.com
>> Sent: Tue 6/7/2011 8:38 AM
>> To: Catalina 38 Listserve
>> Subject: Re: [C38] Deep keel - 6'9"
>>
>>
>>
>> INTEMPERANCE has the deep keel. We bought boat in Georgia I think the
>> deep
>> keel is part of what was keeping the boat from selling and helped us get
>> a
>> good deal on her.
>>
>> I grew up on the West Coast. To my west coast way of thinking, if you've
>> got a bottom reading, you're in the surfzone and losing your boat.
>> Sailing
>> INTEMPERANCE down the GA/FLA ICW was *extremely* stressful for me. A
>> couple of things have helped me learn to relax:
>>
>> 1) A miss is as good a mile. It takes time to get used to this. But the
>> water is 8' deep, it might as well be 1000. Sailing over the Little
>> Bahama
>> Bank, watching the keel knock over conch shells was a head trip!
>>
>> 2) If you have a dinghy our boats are really easy to get unstuck. Tie a
>> halyard off to the dinghy, gun the engine, boat tips, off you go.
>>
>>
>>
>>> I'm guessing that those of you on the west coast don't have any issues
>>> with
>>> shallows. On the east coast however, it seems like my eyes are glued to
>>> the
>>> charts (instead of the water) too much of the time. While I love the
>>> way
>>> Checksy handles, her 6'9" draft makes it hard to relax! What percentage
>>> of
>>> the C38s were produced this way?  How many of you have the deep keel,
>>> and
>>> do
>>> you like them?
>>>
>>> Marci J. Brown
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