1323 Quandy -- Mystic, CT
| Owner (email) |
Barbara and Jim Fravel (Bozrahfeed*spam-no-more*AOL.COM) |
| Hull Number |
1323 |
| Year |
1997 |
| Marina |
Fort Rachel Marine |
| Rig |
Standard |
| Keel |
Wing |
| Date Purchased |
Oct. 1998 |
| Comments |
What type of anchor is recommended for best
holding/storing with the 34? |
1325 Exile -- Pickwick, TN
1327 Wand'rin Star -- Bellingham, WA
| Owner (email) |
Awaiting new owner |
| Hull Number |
1327 |
| Year |
1997 |
| Boat Name Entry |
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| Marina |
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| Rig |
Standard |
| Keel |
Fin |
| Date Purchased |
? 2007 |
| Upgrades |
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| Planned Upgrades |
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| Longest/Notable Voyage |
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| Can Share Information about |
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| Need information about |
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| Comments |
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1331 Paramour -- New Buffalo, MI
| Owners |
Bill & Peg Davis (mailto:pegdavis*spam-no-more*gte.net) |
| Purchased |
Mar 1998 |
| Longest/noteworthy voyage |
Winthrop Harbor IL to South Haven MI., about a 70 mile
trip. In mid May, the mid lake air temperature was about 45 (85 on
land). The winds were 15-20 out of the south, waves 3-5 until dark.
Thenwind 25-30, waves 5-9. Made for an exciting end to our maiden
voyage.Completed the trip in less than 13 hours, dock to dock. Max
speed 7.8 knots. |
| Rig |
tall |
| Keel |
fin |
| Comments |
This is our second Catalina, the first being a 1981
C 25. This is definately a big step up, and we are enjoying it. |
1335 Starbird -- Federal Way, WA
| Owner (email) |
John & Betty (Starbird*spam-no-more*clearwire.net) |
| Hull Number |
1335 |
| Year |
1997 |
| Marina or Mooring location |
Tyee |
| Rig |
Standard |
| Keel |
Fin |
| Date Purchased |
Nov 2007 |
| Upgrades |
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| Planned Upgrades |
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| Longest/Notable Voyage |
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| Can Share Information about |
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| How Boat Was Named |
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| Comments |
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1337 Belle -- Long Beach, CA
| Owner (email) |
Dennis Humphrey (belleca*spam-no-more*worldnet.att.net) |
| Hull Number |
1337 |
| Year |
1997 |
| Boat Name Entry |
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| Marina |
Alamitos Bay |
| Rig |
Standard |
| Keel |
Fin |
| Date Purchased |
August/1996 |
| Upgrades |
Balmar 100amp alternator, More batteries,
Inverter, Link 10, Martec folder 16*12 |
| Planned Upgrades |
PSS Shaft Seal |
| Longest/Notable Voyage |
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| Can Share Information about |
Martec |
| Need information about |
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| Comments |
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1338 Ibis -- Chesapeake Bay
1340 Kelly Day Too -- Mobile, AL
| Owner (email) |
Ed Berger (mailto:Rkcch5*spam-no-more*aol.com) |
| Hull Number |
1340 |
| Year |
1997 |
| Boat Name Entry |
Our first boat a Catalina 30 was named Kelly
Day so the second one became Kelly Day Too. A "Kelly Day"
is a day off given to municipal Firefighters to reduce their hours
worked in a pay period. I was Chief of the Mobile Fire-Rescue Department
when I purchased the boat and felt the name was quite appropriate. |
| Marina |
Mobile Yacht Club |
| Rig |
Standard |
| Keel |
Wing |
| Date Purchased |
Nov 1996 |
| Upgrades |
|
| Planned Upgrades |
Currently preparing to install an Autohelm
4000 plus. |
| Longest/Notable voyage |
Mobile to Panama City Florida, an overnight
trip. |
| Need information about |
Installing Autohelm |
1342 MeHa -- Chesapeake Bay
| Owner (email) |
David Chu (chuda01*spam-no-more*yahoo.com) |
| Hull Number |
1342 |
| Year |
1997 |
| Boat Name Entry |
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| Marina |
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| Rig |
Standard |
| Keel |
Fin |
| Date Purchased |
9/97 |
| Upgrades |
Radar, lots of canvas |
| Planned Upgrades |
Cruising spinaker |
| Longest/Notable Voyage |
|
| Can Share Information about |
Installing radar using Edson components
on Mark II's |
| Need information about |
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| Comments |
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1344 Mystic -- Lake Ontario
| Owner (email) |
Dan & Beverly Tadenc (dan.tadenc*spam-no-more*alcatel.com) |
| Hull Number |
1344 |
| Year |
1997 |
| Boat Name Entry |
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| Marina |
Scarborough Bluffs (CBYC) |
| Rig |
Tall |
| Keel |
Fin |
| Date Purchased |
9/2000 |
| Upgrades |
Standard Horizon CP150 Chartplotter
and ICOM VHF w/RAM mic |
| Planned Upgrades |
Anchor/Chain, DC manangemment system and inverter |
| Longest/Notable Voyage |
Whitby to Kingston, Ontario.
22hrs., approx. 130nm |
| Can Share Information about |
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| Need information about |
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| Comments |
With a tall rig and Fin keel, Mystics performance is
very impresssive.If you add folding prop, performance genoa and spinniker
you will be competitive in club and long distance racing. We're having
lots fun with Mystic, the C34 is the perfect boat for our type of
sailing and would recommend Catalina to any or all Great Lakes cruisers. |
1345 Voyager --Ft. Pierce, Florida
| Owners |
Randy and Jeanne Thies(captrand*spam-no-more*omnicast
.net) |
| Purchased |
???3/2001 |
| Marina |
Harbortown, Ft Pierce, FL |
| Longest/noteworthy voyage |
Florida Keys |
| Rig |
standard |
| Keel |
wing |
| Upgrades |
Prior owner installed autohelm400;wind,speed,depth,
GPSwith repeater, , Inverter Statpower1000, Mermaid 12,500 BTU airconditioning,
lightening dissapator grounded to keel along shrouds, JVC AM/FM CD
player with cockpit speakers, solar panel connections. Since purchase
I have added seperate starting battery, Y valve, PYI dripless shaft
seal, Statpower 40 smart charger. |
| Planned upgrades |
After this first season aboard should develop quite
a list, but am thinking salt and fresh water foot pumps. |
| Can share info about |
Abacos, Florida Keys, and the Northwest Coast of British
Columbia. also, posted plans for outboard bracket on "projects" page. |
| Need info about |
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| Longest/notable voyage |
Georgia to Abacos, Bahamas |
| Comments |
This site has been a great aid to planning, as have
the e mails to many C-34 owners that have had so much of their experience
to share. I'l lloking forward to the next 2 months aboard Voyage.
She was maticulously cared for by Craig McAllister and I hope to continue
the process while making Voyager more comfortable for cruising. She
will be our summer floating "cabin"; over the next several
years.Tropical Storm Cristobal gave us confidence in Voyager. |
1346 Tweety Bird -- San Francisco Bay, CA
| Owner (email) |
Jon Arck, Gloria Kellogg, John & Diane Evans
( gloriajon*spam-no-more*astound.net) |
| Hull Number |
1346 |
| Year |
1997 |
| Boat Name Entry |
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| Marina |
Emery Cove Yacht Harbor |
| Rig |
Standard |
| Keel |
Fin |
| Date Purchased |
Nov 1996 |
| Upgrades |
1750 watt inverter and separate Group 27
starting battery, new Quantum mainsail (loose-footed, with one full
and three 60% battens) and a new Quantum 130 jib. |
| Planned Upgrades |
Raymarine Autohelm ST4000+ and Icom VHF with wireless
remote |
| Longest/Notable Voyage |
Monterey, CA (approx. 52 NM) |
| Can Share Information about |
inverter and separate starting battery installation |
| Need information about |
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| Comments |
If you're from outside the SF Bay area and
will come here, contact us and we'll be happy to take you out for
some of the best, most varied sailing anywhere! |
1352 Hali -- Vancover, BC
| Owner (email) |
Lionel Durocher, Walter Francl, David Levi, Michael
MacLeod, Niki Garson
(mjm*spam-no-more*mjmacleod.com)
|
| Hull Number |
1352 |
| Year |
1997 |
| Marina or Mooring location |
Granville Island |
| Rig |
Standard |
| Keel |
Fin |
| Date Purchased |
Mar 2007 |
| Upgrades |
Improved - replaced engine mounts and hoses,
replaced - relocated heat exchanger, valved off water lines to the
hot water tank, replaced bronze propeller shaft with SS, replaced
drive shaft - propeller shaft coupling, rebuilt leading edge of rudder
around rudder stock. |
| Planned Upgrades |
Subject to group approval: radar; FLIR;
2nd and 3rd reefing lines; rope-and-chain gypsey; heavier anchor;
storm sail; enlarged rudder; jacklines; new fridge compressor. |
| Longest/Notable Voyage |
|
| Can Share Information about |
Terrific surveyor in BC. Repairing handrail
bolthole leaks and voids (thanks largely to posts by others). |
| How Boat Was Named |
Our sharing group participated in a naming
competition by email that was tighter than a Texas senate race, complete
with block voting, votes held until the ballots closed, and rotten
boroughs. After 7 ballots, "Grace Note" was lading over
"Makani" by a nose...until the losing competitors demonstrated
that over the radio "Grace Note" sounds like "Gray
Snot". "Hali", an early contender, was then nominated
from the floor and acclaimed at our first owners' lunch. The Scots
in the group liked that the "H" and the "i" from
the old name ("New Horizons") could be salvaged for "Hali".
It was said that "Hali" means "ocean" in Hawaiian. |
| Comments |
C34.org, our surveyor's appreciation of the construction
and hull accessibility of the C34, her lines and accommodation, and
our group's long association were big factors in buying Hali. In the
1st month of ownership, information on the website ("hard starting",
"pedestal table") and posted in response to questions ("Voids(?)
adjacent to handrail bolt holes") have saved time and made owning
Hali more pleasant. |
1354 SteinWay IV -- Milwaukee, WI
| Owner (email) |
Mark Stein (mstein9*spam-no-more*wi.rr.com) |
| Hull Number |
1354 |
| Year |
1997 |
| Marina or Mooring location |
McKinley Marina |
| Rig |
Standard |
| Keel |
Wing |
| Date Purchased |
May 2008 |
| Upgrades |
We added a splash guard that was custom
built by our daughter complete with the boat name and the Catalina
symbol. |
| Planned Upgrades |
Electronics as soon as we can. |
| Longest/Notable Voyage |
The Admiral, and our two crew (ages 12 and
14) and I crossed Lake Michigan last summer (2008)on a bold adventure.
We traveled more than 160 nautical miles in about six days. It was
a great time and wonderful adventure on the “inland sea.” |
| Can Share Information about |
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| How Boat Was Named |
It was a play on words combining our last
name (Stein), our collective musical abilities to play the piano and
our sailing "way" of life. This boat is our fourth since
we've been a family. |
| Comments |
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1355 Critical Mass - San Francisco, CA
| Owner (email) |
Greg Koering (gkoering*spam-no-more*interserv.com) |
| Hull Number |
1355 |
| Year |
1997 |
| Boat Name Entry |
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| Marina |
|
| Rig |
Standard |
| Keel |
Fin |
| Date Purchased |
3/97 |
| Upgrades |
Autohelm st4000 autopilot
Autohelm st50 wind instrument |
| Planned Upgrades |
Radar/Chartploter
Radar Arch |
| Longest/Notable Voyage |
|
| Can Share Information about |
Raymarine electronics installation |
| Need information about |
|
| Comments |
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1356 Das Boot -- Loveladdies, NJ
| Owner (email) |
Herb and Eileen Marizy (herb.eileen*spam-no-more*verizon.net) |
| Hull Number |
1356 |
| Year |
1997 |
| Boat Name Entry |
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| Marina |
Loveladdies, NJ |
| Rig |
Tall |
| Keel |
Wing |
| Date Purchased |
10/2002 |
| Upgrades |
Installing Autohelm
4000 wheelpilot this winter. |
| Planned Upgrades |
|
| Longest/Notable Voyage |
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| Can Share Information about |
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| Need information about |
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| Comments |
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1359 Patricia --Hingham, MA
| Owners |
Mike Murphy (Murphblast*spam-no-more*aol.com)
|
| Purchased |
Apr 1997 |
| Marina |
Hewitt's Cove |
| Longest/noteworthy voyage |
Scituate, MA for the weekend |
| Rig |
standard |
| Keel |
wing |
| Distinctive thing about this boat |
The prettiest boat on the dock. |
| Need information about |
Correct size and recommended manufacturer for C34 whisker
pole. |
| Comments |
I have been an avid power boater for many years.
I purchased a Catalina Capri-16 as a learn to sail boat in 1992.
After the Maiden voyage I was hooked. I have looked forward
to possibly a Catalina 30 for a number of years.I purchased the Catalina
34MKII rather than going the powerboat route of the 28 then the 30
then the 32, etc. I learned my lesson with other boats.
Look hard, study the options and how the boat will actually be used.
Not how you "dream" it will be used. My dealer Eastern Yacht
Sales in Hingham, MA is great. They knew of my limitations and
also my lack of experience and helped me order, what I think, was
the perfect boat for my family. I can sail it alone and it handles
great. |
1360 ?????
| Owner (email) |
????? |
| Hull Number |
1360 |
| Year |
1997 |
| Marina |
Rock Hall, MD |
| Rig |
tall |
| Keel |
wing |
| Name entry |
|
| Date Purchased |
Oct 1998 |
| Upgrades |
Extra battery bank, 75 AMP alternator |
| Can Share Information about |
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1361 Dream Weaver -- Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia
| Owner (email) |
Donna Oakley and Matthew Berry(mailto:d.oakley*spam-no-more*qut.edu.au) |
| Hull Number |
1361 |
| Year |
1997 |
| Boat Name Entry |
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| Marina |
|
| Rig |
Standard |
| Keel |
Wing |
| Date Purchased |
June 1999 |
| Upgrades |
|
| Planned Upgrades |
As much as necessay to make it our home |
| Longest/Notable Voyage |
Our first weekend was amazing, including a knockdown!
I haven't had time to think about what we want to say yet so will
email our story within the next few days. |
| Can Share Information about |
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| Need information about |
Almost everything but specificall at first lack of baffles
in fuel tank |
| Comments |
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1363 Royal T -- Sag Harbor, NY
| Owner (email) |
Salvatore Tocci (stocci*spam-no-more*aol.com) |
| Hull Number |
1363 |
| Year |
1997 |
| Boat Name Entry |
Our boat's name reflects the fact that it
was purchased with writing royalties and incorporates the first letter
of our last name. |
| Marina |
Sag Harbor, NY mooring |
| Rig |
Standard |
| Keel |
Fin |
| Date Purchased |
February 1997 |
| Upgrades |
stereo system with cockpit and cabin speakers |
| Longest/Notable Voyage |
We finally got to Hamburg Cove near Essex,
CT. |
1365 Ambitious -- Solomons, Md.
| Owner (email) |
Brian & Amy Reed (reedbr*spam-no-more*erols.com) |
| Hull Number |
1365 |
| Year |
1997 |
| Boat Name Entry |
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| Marina |
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| Rig |
Standard |
| Keel |
Wing |
| Date Purchased |
12/2002 |
| Upgrades |
Almost none. She was well outfitted to start and I figured
I would use her for a season before I made too many changes. I've
just kept up with the maintenance items so far, and upgraded the GPS
at the helm. Oh, and I added a 33-lb Bruce anchor which has been worth
it's weight in gold. |
| Planned Upgrades |
After a season of use, I'm quite pleased and h!
ave only a short list of upgrades. I would like to modify the main
reefing system. I would like to add side access (versus top) to storage
lockers under the V-berth and stbd salon settee. Lastly, I want to
add two active ventilators in the hatches. |
| Longest/Notable Voyage |
My wife, I and three kids sailed a week roaming the
upper Chesapeake in the summer of 2003. I'm very glad we opted for
a newer model with a walk-through transom as we swam every day. |
| Can Share Information about |
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| Need information about |
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| Comments |
Third owner. Seems strange for a newer boat.
I kept the previous owner's boat name, although the first owner had
a different name. |
1366 Second Wind --Rock Hall, MD
| Owner (email) |
Marjorie & Louis Berman (louberman*spam-no-more*goeaston.net) |
| Hull Number |
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| Year |
Jan 1997 |
| Marina or Mooring location |
Knapps Narrows |
| Rig |
Tall |
| Keel |
|
| Date Purchased |
|
| Upgrades |
|
| Planned Upgrades |
|
| Longest/Notable Voyage |
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| Can Share Information about |
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| How Boat Was Named |
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| Comments |
Second Wind is a C34 Mk II. It has the tall rig
with two sets of reef points and Dutchman batt cars to go along with
the Dutchman flaking system, 150% genoa, and a wing keel. The
engine is the Universal M35 (30 hp, 4 cylinder). It has the
3 blade cruising prop (15x9, I think), cockpit cushions, dodger, bimini
with bridge, microwave oven, macerator (just in case), and the Autohelm
speed, depth, and wind speed & direction. The boat came
with a rope only windlass. I carry the Max 16 (36#) anchor with
200 feet of rope and 3 feet of chain as my main anchor. The
short length of chain allows me to fully use the windlass. As
a second anchor, stowed in the anchor locker, I carry T-2500 (13#)
hi-tensile deep-set Danforth with 200 feet of line and 6 feet of chain.
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1367 Sweet Freedom -- Punta Gorda, FL
| Owner (email) |
Matt and Rhoda Ezra (mattezra*spam-no-more*aol.com) |
| Year |
1997 |
| Marina |
Our Back Yard |
| Rig |
Tall |
| Keel |
Wing |
| Date Purchased |
Sept. 1997 |
| Upgrades |
autopilot, wind speed/direction, GPS, radar, air conditioning |
| Planned Upgrades |
reroute a/c condenate drain to cockpit scupper drain,dinghy
davits |
| Can Share Information about |
a/c condensate drain overboard, telivision installation |
| Need information about |
Intermittent slow coolant leak - Dinghy davit |
1368 Anyway --Lelystad, the Netherlands
| Owners |
Jan-Willem and Mieke Allersma (Allemail*spam-no-more*worldonline.nl)
|
| Purchased |
July, 1997 |
| Marina |
IJsselmeer |
| Longest/noteworthy voyage |
Isle of Wight, England, summer 1997 , appr. 900 nm
|
| Rig |
standard |
| Keel |
wing |
| Comments |
This 34 mkII is our second Catalina. The first one was
a Catalina 28 mkII (build 1995), we sailed about two years noth of
Holland, on the Waddenzee and on the Noordzee (Northsea) in the coastal
areas. The difference in sailing between the Catalina 28 and the Catalina
34 mkII was much bigger than we had expected. Although we had a lot
of small problems, we had a very nice voyage to England. Crossing
the Channel with a wind force 7, the boat felt sturdy and safe.
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1369 Euphoria --Alameda, CA
| Owners |
David and Barbara Wibbelsman (DLWibbe*spam-no-more*aol.com)
|
| Purchased |
1997 |
| Marina |
Oakland Yacht Club, Pacific Marina |
| Rig |
standard |
| Keel |
fin |
1370 Mariposa -- Brooklyn, MI
| Owner (email) |
Art & Gayle Greenman (aggreenm*spam-no-more*comcast.net) |
| Hull Number |
1370 |
| Year |
1997 |
| Marina or Mooring location |
Whitehall Landing, Whitehall, MI.
|
| Rig |
Standard |
| Keel |
Fin |
| Date Purchased |
Sep 2005 |
| Upgrades |
Added Dodger and Binimi with center piece
and side curtains. |
| Planned Upgrades |
New three bladed prop (have folding prop now) |
| Longest/Notable Voyage |
Longest cruise was this summer (2007) with my wife,445
miles and gone three weeks and three days. |
| Can Share Information about |
How to carry dinghy on fordeck or on stern of boat.
How to carry foldup bikes.
How to rig anchor on bow so one does not have to keep dragging it
out of the anchor locker.
|
| How Boat Was Named |
Art wanted to retire in a town in California
named Mariposa. Gayle liked butterflies. Hince - Mariposa (spanish
for butterfly) |
| Comments |
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1372 Lucky Dog -- Minneapolis, MN
| Owner (email) |
David Brustad (captdave285*spam-no-more*earthlink.net) |
| Hull Number |
1372 |
| Year |
1997 |
| Marina or Mooring location |
Lake City Marina |
| Rig |
Standard |
| Keel |
Wing |
| Date Purchased |
Aug 2006 |
| Upgrades |
Raymarine ST 4000 Autopilot/Sony Cd/Ipod ready sound
system with bose 151 speakers |
| Planned Upgrades |
New headsail/asm spinaker/flex-o-fold prop 32"
flat screen & DVD |
| Longest/Notable Voyage |
|
| Can Share Information about |
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| How Boat Was Named |
I bought hull #1372 in Aug. At that time she was named
"Kin Ship" and that name really didn't work for me. My friends
always said how lucky I was and one evening after a couple of beverages
I thought of that old kids saying "you're a lucky dog".
After a few more beverages it was official, "Lucky Dog"
was the new name P.S> my dinghy is "Lucky Puppy" |
| Comments |
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1373 Cat's Paw -- Portsmouth, NH
| Owner (email) |
Mike & Meryl Roy (roym*spam-no-more*mediaone.net) |
| Hull Number |
1373 |
| Year |
1997 |
| Boat Name Entry |
Cat's paws are the patchy marks of the wind
on a calm or nearly calm sea. And we happen to have a cat. |
| Marina |
Sound Basin, |
| Rig |
Standard |
| Keel |
Wing |
| Date Purchased |
June 1997 |
| Upgrades |
Autohelm radar and autopilot. |
| Can Share info about |
Had to install dams at the engine mounts
to prevent accumulated stuffing box drippings from flowing away from
sump and drain under engine when heeling. |
| Longest/Notable Voyage |
A trip to the Catalina Rendezvous
in Newport RI, 1997. Motored all the way from Portsmouth to Newport
on half a tank of diesel due to calm conditions. Sailed all the way
back. The latter was much more fun! |
| Need information about |
The fix to prevent water draining from the
companionway onto the cockpit seats |
| Comments |
Wonderful boat. Combines lots of usable
space with good looks and sailing ability. |
1375 Not Named Yet (1997)--Lake Ontario, Canada
since April 13, 1999. Page updated by Tom Lanzilli on
02/17/07
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