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Preparing a Catalina 27 for offshore
LINK: http://cruisenews.net/cgi-bin/docksi...fig.pl/read/78 "Posted By: Paul VandenBosch Date: Saturday, 23 December 2000, at 4:37 p.m. I found this post on the Trailer Sailer site and wanted to archive it for use in preparing my own boat for big water. Posted By: ScottS/H18.5/27'Catalina/"Rhonda Lynn"/Oriental, NC Date: 12/21/2000 7:09p.m. In Response To: How many times have you sailed YOUR boat around the world? (Bob K, Santana 2023C, Music City Congratulations on picking up a Catalina 27. They are fun, easy to handle boats. My C-27 did well on the 3 year circumnavigation., To answer your question, I used to write articles for the sailing magazines, but they were more "how to do it" type of things rather than "there I was crossing an ocean". May, 1988 issue of Cruising World published one crossing an ocean article titled "The Big Step" about making a nonstop, 53 day, 6,400 mile passage from Darwin, Australia to Durban, South Africa in my Catalina. They might still have a copy they could send to you. Caribbean Boating, a St. Thomas publication, ran a number of Juggernaut crossing oceans type of articles between 1982 and 1984. Writing is not an easy thing for me to do so I never put that many stories together about the trip. It is only recently that I started working on a book about the trip, but who knows if it will ever get finished. John Vigor just came out with a new book called "Twenty Small Sailboats to Take You Anywhere". He included the Catalina 27 and I gave him a lot of information for that section. About the voyage; Leaving Miami in Jan. 1979, I cruised through the Bahamas and kept going to St. Thomas. From there it was an easy down wind sail to the Panama Canal. Across the Pacific to Cairns, Australia. Around the top end of Australia to South Africa. I always wanted to round one great cape, then across the Atlantic to St. Thomas. There were a lot of fun stops and a number of passages between 1,500 and 3,000 miles. Juggernaut was a very basic boat. The boat had a VHF, RDF, plastic sextant (which I do not recommend) cassette tape player, short wave receiver and my depth sounder was the keel. Back packing across oceans was an adventure, a lot of fun and work. If I were to do it again, it would be in a larger, more comfortable boat full of electronics and certainly another person. I?m sure the people at Catalina would not recommend crossing oceans in a Catalina 27. If sailed in the correct seasons, latitudes, handled properly and not overloaded, the 27 can do a good job of sailing long distances. This is getting to be a long email so I will send a list of alterations separately. Of the alterations, installing chain plates for the aft lower shrouds, and enlarging cockpit drains , I feel were the most important. Check out this web site http://www.sailopo.com go to the main page then go down the left side and click on SWAN SAILING. I run some of these offshore sailing trips on Swan 48s when I am not running my construction business. Where in Dixi do you keep your boat? Let me know how you make out with your Catalina 27. Alterations to "Juggernaut" a Catalina 27 Built in 1973, 271108, Traditional Interior Plan, Standard Rig, Shoal Draft 1) Boarded outboard engine well to mount self steering vane. Mounted Navik self steering. 2) Strengthened starboard transom to accept outboard engine bracket. Installed one inch thick mahogany plank on inside of starboard transom. 3) Installed four large cockpit drains horizontally through aft end of cockpit and piped through to transom. 4) Made shelf in large cockpit compartment extending full length of compartment to hold gallon size containers and utilize upper section of wasted space in compartment. 5) Installed 3/4" wood frames around base of fuel tanks in lazerette and installed tie downs. 6) Reworked companion way entrance. Raised threshold wood to 2 1/2" above fiber glass threshold to force water running down slats into cockpit. Made overhang on hatch 3/4" thicker to overhang companion way slats. 7) Made new hatch runners for tighter fit. Installed plastic tabs on front of hatch to help reduce spray entering hatch runners and into cabin. 8) Cut fiber glass section from rear of quarter berth to open new storage compartment under rear section of quarter berth. 9) Bulkheaded all storage compartments beneath berths. 10) Moved electrical switch box to high inside quarter berth. 11) Opened fiber glass panel behind port and starboard bunk back rest for added storage. 12) Installed sliding doors for starboard shelf over bunk. 13) Drilled drain holes from all storage compartments under bunks to drain water onto main salon floor and into bilge. 14) Installed Whale foot pump for salt water at galley sink. 15) Made splash boarder around sink. 16) Installed aft lower shroud chain plates rather than using deck plates. I first tried installing deck plates twice as large and thick but that only threatened to pull a larger chunk of side decking out of the boat. 17) Installed chart rack, dish rack, radio racks, medicine cabinet. 18) Made door for hanging locker. 19) Made door for small locker over the head. 20) Cut new access panel for storage under V-berth at port side of walk in area. 21) Made front vertical panel for walk in section of V-berth so this otherwise useless area could be used for storage. 22) Changed stove burners from alcohol to kerosene. The threads are the same so it is a simple matter of unscrewing the old burner and screwing in the new one. Still, propane would be the best stove fuel. 23) Installed double head stays set on Y plate with one turn buckle at bottom of plate. It would have been better to have one turn buckle for each head stay. 24) Installed heavier upper and lower aft shrouds. Forward shrouds stayed the same. 25) Installed open faced turnbuckles of a stronger caliber. 26) Installed double back stays with back stay adjuster. 27) Removed forward bolt on rudder bracket going through tiller and replaced with two stainless steel hose clamps. A hole through a solid wood (non laminated) tiller, at this point, creates a weak spot where the tiller can (and did) snap under stress. 28) Installed half inch bolt through rudder post cap attaching cap to rudder shaft. Original bolt is to small diameter and eventually wears an oblong hole. 29) Moved life lines from interfering with anchor line. 30) Installed hand rails and grab rails inside cabin and on deck. 31) Made inside companion way slat guides wider than outside guides to facilitate installation of slats in a choppy sea way. 32) Made three companion way slats rather than four. The top slat can then be inserted in a louvered position to deflect rain over the other slats keeping cabin dry and allowing ventilation. It is easier and quicker to insert three slats than to sort out four. 33) Caulked around water tank filler cap at deck to stop leaks. 34) Caulked all bolts going through deck to stop leaks. 35) Replaced corroded aluminum main anchor cleat backing plate with large 3/4" teak block. 36) Installed galley harness to free both hands while cooking in a seaway. 37) Installed straps to hold SCUBA tank to top of quarter berth. 38) Installed cam cleats for jib sheets. 39) Rerouted icebox drain hose from sink through-hull to drain into bilge. Sea water would back up into icebox from through-hull. 40) Installed medium duty electric bilge pump in bilge fitted with float switch and manual override. Installed large capacity electric pump with float switch in protected area under cockpit for extreme emergencies in case cabin became flooded. 41) From the outside, at the hull deck join, caulked with 3M-5200 sealant to fill void behind rubrail. This was needed to stop leaks at the hull/deck join. 42) Installed 12 volt cabin fans The Shoal Draft model: There is no advantage to the shoal draft except the boat runs aground in more shallow water. The keel weights on the earlier Catalina 27s were the same for the 3' and 4' draft. The lack of one foot of keel made for a tender sailing boat and a very uncomfortable one at anchor. " Mic 67 |
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Preparing a Catalina 27 for offshore
On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 16:09:34 GMT, (Mic) wrote:
LINK: http://cruisenews.net/cgi-bin/docksi...fig.pl/read/78 http://www.smallcraftadvisor.com/con...ness/index.htm " SCA: In order of importance, what features or characteristics would be present in a small (25-feet or under) sailboat of your own design that you would willingly take off-shore? BAKER: In rough order of importance: 1.Unsinkable - using solid flotation if possible, such as thick foam core. 2. Fixed keel 3. Easily reefed 4. Fully watertight companionway 5. Enclosed cockpit (i.e. full lifelines) 6. Full height lifelines (27") 7. The ability to self-right from at least 125 degrees of roll (180 preferable but hard to achieve) 9. Sealed mast with external halyards (to help with self-righting ability) 10. Enough headroom to at least sit upright while on the head (an under-rated characteristic). 11. Sailable (and preferably sailed) by 3 or 4 maximum. 12. Fast enough to get out of trouble (also an under-rated characteristic) 13. Open accommodations to avoid claustrophobia 14. Large enough berths (6'4" minimum) for all crew. 15. Real head with holding tank, chemical toilets just don't hack it in a storm 16. Watermaker 17. SSB 18. All items required for a Class I Offshore race as defined by ORC, if not already included. A life raft is a really comfortable thing to have around, but difficult in 25ft. I realize I would probably have to work very hard to get all this into 25ft, but I'd love to try. " http://www.practical-sailor.com/news...PJvshwL8r72gDA systems modifications for safe offshore passaging. will be discussed http://www.setsail.com/s_logs/martin/martin133.html This is a short but fairly concise descriptions of the modifications to a production boat Cal 25 made by Dave Martin. http://www.setsail.com/s_logs/martin/martin.html Lots of practical opinions..... http://www.setsail.com/s_logs/martin/martin_arc.html http://www.setsail.com/s_logs/martin/martin_arc2.html http://books.boatdesign.net/boat/boo...88&l ocale=us Books : The Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat "Editorial Review: Book Description: Most owners of cruising sailboats wonder whether their boats are suitable for an offshore passage, be it across the Gulf of Maine or the Pacific Ocean, and if not, whether they can be made suitable. Vigor then tells the reader how to get there, covering structural modifications and reinforcements as well as rigging, fittings, engine, systems, and gear. " Mic 67 |
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Preparing a Catalina 27 for offshore
wow Mic...very interesting reading...what a voyage !!...
Mic wrote: On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 16:09:34 GMT, (Mic) wrote: LINK: http://cruisenews.net/cgi-bin/docksi...fig.pl/read/78 http://www.smallcraftadvisor.com/con...ness/index.htm " SCA: In order of importance, what features or characteristics would be present in a small (25-feet or under) sailboat of your own design that you would willingly take off-shore? BAKER: In rough order of importance: 1.Unsinkable - using solid flotation if possible, such as thick foam core. 2. Fixed keel 3. Easily reefed 4. Fully watertight companionway 5. Enclosed cockpit (i.e. full lifelines) 6. Full height lifelines (27") 7. The ability to self-right from at least 125 degrees of roll (180 preferable but hard to achieve) 9. Sealed mast with external halyards (to help with self-righting ability) 10. Enough headroom to at least sit upright while on the head (an under-rated characteristic). 11. Sailable (and preferably sailed) by 3 or 4 maximum. 12. Fast enough to get out of trouble (also an under-rated characteristic) 13. Open accommodations to avoid claustrophobia 14. Large enough berths (6'4" minimum) for all crew. 15. Real head with holding tank, chemical toilets just don't hack it in a storm 16. Watermaker 17. SSB 18. All items required for a Class I Offshore race as defined by ORC, if not already included. A life raft is a really comfortable thing to have around, but difficult in 25ft. I realize I would probably have to work very hard to get all this into 25ft, but I'd love to try. " http://www.practical-sailor.com/news...PJvshwL8r72gDA systems modifications for safe offshore passaging. will be discussed http://www.setsail.com/s_logs/martin/martin133.html This is a short but fairly concise descriptions of the modifications to a production boat Cal 25 made by Dave Martin. http://www.setsail.com/s_logs/martin/martin.html Lots of practical opinions..... http://www.setsail.com/s_logs/martin/martin_arc.html http://www.setsail.com/s_logs/martin/martin_arc2.html http://books.boatdesign.net/boat/boo...88&l ocale=us Books : The Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat "Editorial Review: Book Description: Most owners of cruising sailboats wonder whether their boats are suitable for an offshore passage, be it across the Gulf of Maine or the Pacific Ocean, and if not, whether they can be made suitable. Vigor then tells the reader how to get there, covering structural modifications and reinforcements as well as rigging, fittings, engine, systems, and gear. " Mic 67 |
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