long voyages
Posted: Thu May 15, 2003 8:06 pm
I happened to be talking to the former Chrysler chief engineer today about a maintainence question and parts sources, and he mentioned a couple of interesting stories about C-22s.
They intentionally put heavy duty hardware on the boat and built it stoutly. They heard from one customer, a doctor and his wife who sailed to Hawaii, but on the way they ran into a storm with a waterspout which either hit them or came close, capsizing the boat with a full 360 degree roll. Everything was tied down, and they sailed on, apparently with no damage. I mentioned the story to a former Chrysler dealer I also spoke to today, who had heard it, and he believes that the couple made the roundtrip more than once! Anyone else have a long voyage story?
The engineer also mentioned that when they were designing the boat, they bought a copy of all the competitors to test against their prototype. They lost a Catalina 22, which sank in a capsize test on a Dallas lake, which it wasn't supposed to do, as regs required self-righting. They notified Catalina, and he presumes the problem was fixed. But he says it is a mistake to remove floatation foam - you never know when you'll need it!
They intentionally put heavy duty hardware on the boat and built it stoutly. They heard from one customer, a doctor and his wife who sailed to Hawaii, but on the way they ran into a storm with a waterspout which either hit them or came close, capsizing the boat with a full 360 degree roll. Everything was tied down, and they sailed on, apparently with no damage. I mentioned the story to a former Chrysler dealer I also spoke to today, who had heard it, and he believes that the couple made the roundtrip more than once! Anyone else have a long voyage story?
The engineer also mentioned that when they were designing the boat, they bought a copy of all the competitors to test against their prototype. They lost a Catalina 22, which sank in a capsize test on a Dallas lake, which it wasn't supposed to do, as regs required self-righting. They notified Catalina, and he presumes the problem was fixed. But he says it is a mistake to remove floatation foam - you never know when you'll need it!