03-11-2011
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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Catalina 380 and Keel
Recently became interested in a Catalina 380 to replace my Ranger 33. My family just needs more room for weekend and longer cruises. I race on occasion but have the desire to do more of it (time constrained right now). Also interested in taking longer cruises down the coast to Mexico.
I live in San Francisco so 90% of the sailing will be in the Bay with an occasional jaunt to the delta. I chose the 380 as it has slightly less beam to buy stability and it's a bit heavier displacement 19,000 lbs compared to the Beneteau 411 I'm also looking at. I'm interested in a "newer" boat, <15 years old. I'd like to stay around the low $100K.
1) Are there others I should be looking at? Seems like the tradeoff of comfort factor (for my wife), speed (for racing) and draft (for cruising) is never ending. I wasn't able to find any other boats in this price range than meet these criteria.
2) As for the 380, I'm targeting the tall rig for performance due to the heavy displacement. Most I've found come in the fin keel with the 7'3" draft. They make a wing keel (5' ?") Will I regret the 7'3" keel for the sailing I just mentioned? What's the Anchorage depths from San Francisco down to the Baja and up into the Sea of Cortez? I've read that 7'3" may be a bit too restrictive for the Bahamas and Caribbean. Would likely get another boat before we ventured down through the canal and over there...but would 7'3" be too restrictive?
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