[C38] Deep keel - 6'9"

[Don Strong]

That deep keel gets all caught up in bull kelp when you arrive at the 
farm house on Santa Rosa Island at 2 am in driving rain. We really 
didn't have to anchor. Don

On 6/8/11 12:20 AM, Joseph Launie wrote:
> 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 ofdavid 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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Donald R. Strong
Professor
Dept. of Evolution and Ecology
University of California, Davis 95616

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