Re:Cal 3-30 info/comments?

Whmccoy66 inquired about the Cal 3-30: "My biggest concerns about 3-30 are a) that it was IOR oriented and more racer/cruiser than the opposite (stock it seems like it didn't even have a bow roller or chain locker), inc. pinched bow and attendant death-roll proclivity." I'm not a fan of early IOR rule boats. I don't find the pinched ends and broad beam to be particularly attractive, but even more so, I don't like what they do to directional stability. I have not sailed extensively on one, but my "book learning" on the subject is enough to keep them off my list. Working hard to make the boat go where you want is fine when you're racing, but for cruising, I want to be able to point and go without burning out the helmsperson (or the autopilot). Alfred Poor 1969 Cal 29 #132, "Pentaquod"

don't think i didn't note that "note" of political correctness, just now..... and it's not that i give a diddle-squat one way or-da other most of the time......... :)(: but being a bit of a traditionalist, i just don't think that i could ever mosey up to a four-striper to hand Her the position report and say "Ma'am". if'in She's got the deck; it's "Sir"! just like a seaman is a seaman, and a fisherman is a fisherman. it's both respect and tradition. you don't see me trying to change it do you......... fiver ********************** --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, "Alfred Poor" <apoor@...> wrote: > > Whmccoy66 inquired about the Cal 3-30: > > > > "My biggest concerns about 3-30 are a) that it was IOR oriented and > > more racer/cruiser than the opposite (stock it seems like it didn't > > even have a bow roller or chain locker), inc. pinched bow and > > attendant death-roll proclivity." > > > > I'm not a fan of early IOR rule boats. I don't find the pinched ends and > broad beam to be particularly attractive, but even more so, I don't like > what they do to directional stability. I have not sailed extensively on one, > but my "book learning" on the subject is enough to keep them off my list. > Working hard to make the boat go where you want is fine when you're racing, > but for cruising, I want to be able to point and go without burning out the > helmsperson (or the autopilot). > > > > Alfred Poor > > 1969 Cal 29 #132, "Pentaquod" >