Hi Dave, I believe that you are correct for your boat, and that others are correct for their boat.
These boats were made over many years and posts to this list have shown many that Catalina (and PO's) changed all sorts of things in and after the production process. As I look at my boat, (A4 inboard), the transome drain hole does go below the waterline when I motor over 5 knots, and the harder that I motor, the deeper she squats. BUT! My bilge pump dumps its water into the wet locker 8 inches higher then the wet locker drain hole, which makes it impossible, no mater how hard I motor, for water to enter the bilge from my squatting stern. Any water that goes into the wet locker from a squatting stern simply can't drain into the rest of the boat. I think its all about the setup of the boat. Their all a little bit different, and what works or doesn't work with one boat may not relate to others. Hope that helps, Larry Taborek C27 Dixie Chicken > With respect, the other posters are likely wrong. > Last summer I had this problem a number of times and it was always > due to the fact that the stern was squatting down as the speed came > up (I have an A4, the gas tank is way back as is the hot water > heater. I also had spare chain in the lazarette and a bunch of heavy > stuff in the sail locker). When I went above 5.5 knots, the outlet > for the bilge pump was under water and the water siphoned into the > bilge. I solved the problem by balancing the boat and keeping an eye > on the outlet. > -- > Dave Robinson > Peregrine > Catalina 27 #3695 > 1978 Standard Rig, Traditional Interior, A4, Tiller > Jacksons Point, Ontario > http://www.neptune.on.ca/~canoe/ > "Cruising has two pleasures. > One is to go out in wider waters from a sheltered place. > The other is to go into a sheltered place from wider waters". > -Howard Bloomfield > Dixie Chicken is FOR SALE: You can view the boat at: http://www.taborek.net/Dixie_Chicken/For_Sale/For_Sale.shtml ----------------------------------------- Join ISP.COM today - $8.95 internet , less than 1/2 the cost of AOL Try us out, http://www.isp.com/
