13 knots of wind, 6+ knots of boat speed, 35 ft of water, and not another boat in sight. Sounds like a perfect day. Here in NJ there are days when it seems you could walk from boat to boat across the bay which has an average depth of about 5 ft. My crew mutinied in 2011, now I burn dinosaurs to move across the water..... sure do miss my Catalina 27. Would love to see more sailing videos around the great lakes, take us along on your adventures!
It sounds like a "Twilight Zone" nightmare day to me. This was once the heart of the North American industrial belt, now known as the Rust Belt, when I won a jr. sailing contest just off Sandusky at Put In Bay in 68. In this kind of weather there were hundreds of boats out, between the majority fishing, power and sailboats on such a summer day especially weekends. Sandusky Bay could be crowded but Lake Erie is huge, even for small Great Lake, so those hundred+ boats would be grouped in gatherings around active fish, along with a steady E-W traffic of boats going between ports from Toledo to Erie & east, and of course Sandusky with its Cedar Point amusement park, and the islands just to the north. We owned a Pearson 30 out of Huron then Sandusky in the 90's and sailed these waters often. Salt water sailors, note the spray and wake --no foam. Downside of sailing fresh water, one night crewing an offshore race from Cleveland to Sandusky in 40 knot winds, water began sloshing below. You can't tell from tasting it whether it's a tank leak or a hull leak!
Hello from Ontario Canada As a Canadian sailor from Long Point Bayon Lake Erie, it’s great to see content from the Great Lakes! I’ll be looking forward to seeing your videos! Cheers Aaron
Nice video. I was hoping to see you guys make landfall at Huron I've not been up that way myself. I sail out of safe harbor sandusky too. As of this past season anyway.
Great video. My wife and I spent 10 years sailing and living aboard our Catalina 380 on the SFBay. We’ve recently located to the Cincy area and may have the opportunity to lease a Hunter 380 for the 2023 summer on Lake Erie. This video is very helpful. We just recently visited the area and are seriously considering the opportunity. Thank you.
Chad, Great sailing video. I love seeing the Catalina 30 performing so well on our local lakes. I had an Erickson 27 30 years ago that we sailed mostly on lake Saint Claire. I've been thinking of maybe getting another boat and the Cat 30 would be at the top of the list. You are reminding me of how much fun it is! Thanks for sharing.
Great video! I just got an 87 Catalina 27 with a trailer. I hope to get it up in as good condition as yours, and would love to haul it up to the lakes sometime.
Not many people make the connection of why I named the boat Liberty Call. Nothing better than Liberty Call on a Friday with a duty free weekend. Thank you.
Great set up where her mainsheet track is located,not being in the cockpit as with the older Cat30's. Happy New Year and happy sailing. New subscriber.
My best guess Lookig at the number I’m number 52 Subscriber. I hope you can grow your Channel! Keep doing honesty and don’t be afraid to zoom out every once in awhile to just live in it okay Brother don’t try to do anything too risky and just enjoy yourself and you will have lots of Subscribers! I will be watching. God Bless you and your Family! Here North of Seattle there’s Tides to add to the thoughts 💭 just a thought. 😏 I love Sailing on the Sweet Water! ❤️🖖🏼🇺🇸
Excellent video and nice Sail! You got that right! I don’t want to see my Transom with my Daughters’ name Sailing ⛵️ off to the Horizon either! I will remain with the SV Adreann Marie 😌❤️🖖🏼🇺🇸
North East nice length of the lake line ... and sort of rare. Sailing west is never a given. Great Lake Erie stuff. I wish we made videos back in the day, but this is as good as if we had kind of good. Do you have any Gold Coast stuff? Thanks and keep it coming.
First thought is perfect boat for a couple to learn how to sail. Very stable and forgiving. The other big plus is with such a long production run there are plenty of forums to find info, and parts for just about the entire boat can still be found online. My criteria was at 1988 or newer MK II standard rig. By 1988 mid year so many improvements over the earlier boats, plus it has the t shaped cockpit with the closed transom. If you do allot of swimming the open transom is nice but I like the safety of the closed transom on Lake Erie, lots of short choppy waves in the good sailing weather. Just be sure to have a survey done if you really find a Catalina 30 you like. Let me know if you find one!
How does the Catalina perform in moderate weather, say 30 too 40 knots, pointing up wind? Love the layouts and huge volume below, plus the clean looking well designed top decks decks. She looks a bit tender, but thats the price you pay for the tall mast and nice light wind performance. As a safety precaution, i had a line with a float attached trailing the boat, wearing a harnass if i decided to use otto to steer the boat. Also had jacklines readied. (pretty much never used Otto btw) The thought of seeing the boat sail away without me was too much for me too handle mentally. Otto was nice, prepare a cup of tea, check the charts, visit the loo, sail tuning.
The most wind we have had the bait out in was this past week 30knts plus, on the starboard quarter. Last year I had it out in 20 plus upwind and the weather helm was a bit tough, could be more attributed to my learnings. It never rounded and we have the shoal draft wing keel. We have been on a few boats like the CC 32 and they like to heal over much sooner than our boat.
Thank you for commenting. In my opinion the C30 would be good for costal sailing, day sailing and limited cruising. For blue water sailing personally I would want heavier standing rigging and chain plates. I know people do way more with less of a boat, but this is my opinion. At this point in my learning to sail the boat has more capabilities than I am comfortable pushing it to.
I am curious, I too have a 1988 C-30 (HN5220) with the same Nav pod at the helm. What style usb outlet did you mount in the Nav pod? Most of the ones I’m finding appear too deep and would meet the back of the ST60 instruments. Beautiful boat by the way and great editing. I’d love to see more videos from you
Thank you for the comments, this is what I installed, picked it up on Amazon. It’s installed between the center two instruments and clears both. I installed a small terminal block and a inline fuse before the USB outlet. This off season I upgraded the auto pilot to the Ray Marine Evolution, requires allot more sea talk cables in the nav pod. I plan more videos this year, I will also capture how the new auto pilot performs. Quick Charge 3.0 USB Charger Socket, ADSDIA 12V/24V 36W Aluminum Waterproof Dual QC3.0 Car Charger Power Adapter Outlet with LED Display for Car Boat Marine Motorcycle Scooter RV Golf Cart DIY Kit www.amazon.com/dp/B07PN5YZX3/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_QWY8X2EJ5W6JY47MEXAQ?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
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13 knots of wind, 6+ knots of boat speed, 35 ft of water, and not another boat in sight. Sounds like a perfect day. Here in NJ there are days when it seems you could walk from boat to boat across the bay which has an average depth of about 5 ft. My crew mutinied in 2011, now I burn dinosaurs to move across the water..... sure do miss my Catalina 27. Would love to see more sailing videos around the great lakes, take us along on your adventures!
It sounds like a "Twilight Zone" nightmare day to me. This was once the heart of the North American industrial belt, now known as the Rust Belt, when I won a jr. sailing contest just off Sandusky at Put In Bay in 68. In this kind of weather there were hundreds of boats out, between the majority fishing, power and sailboats on such a summer day especially weekends. Sandusky Bay could be crowded but Lake Erie is huge, even for small Great Lake, so those hundred+ boats would be grouped in gatherings around active fish, along with a steady E-W traffic of boats going between ports from Toledo to Erie & east, and of course Sandusky with its Cedar Point amusement park, and the islands just to the north. We owned a Pearson 30 out of Huron then Sandusky in the 90's and sailed these waters often. Salt water sailors, note the spray and wake --no foam. Downside of sailing fresh water, one night crewing an offshore race from Cleveland to Sandusky in 40 knot winds, water began sloshing below. You can't tell from tasting it whether it's a tank leak or a hull leak!
Hello from Ontario Canada
As a Canadian sailor from Long Point Bayon Lake Erie, it’s great to see content from the Great Lakes!
I’ll be looking forward to seeing your videos!
Cheers
Aaron
Nice video. I was hoping to see you guys make landfall at Huron I've not been up that way myself. I sail out of safe harbor sandusky too. As of this past season anyway.
Great video. My wife and I spent 10 years sailing and living aboard our Catalina 380 on the SFBay. We’ve recently located to the Cincy area and may have the opportunity to lease a Hunter 380 for the 2023 summer on Lake Erie. This video is very helpful. We just recently visited the area and are seriously considering the opportunity. Thank you.
Chad,
Great sailing video. I love seeing the Catalina 30 performing so well on our local lakes. I had an Erickson 27 30 years ago that we sailed mostly on lake Saint Claire. I've been thinking of maybe getting another boat and the Cat 30 would be at the top of the list. You are reminding me of how much fun it is!
Thanks for sharing.
Great video! I just got an 87 Catalina 27 with a trailer. I hope to get it up in as good condition as yours, and would love to haul it up to the lakes sometime.
Thanks- loved thinking about Liberty Call and the Boatswain’s pipe!
Not many people make the connection of why I named the boat Liberty Call. Nothing better than Liberty Call on a Friday with a duty free weekend.
Thank you.
Great set up where her mainsheet track is located,not being in the cockpit as with the older Cat30's.
Happy New Year and happy sailing. New subscriber.
Wow Sailor great episode ❤
Good looking boat Chad.
Ken V C30 5701 out of West Harbor
My best guess Lookig at the number I’m number 52 Subscriber. I hope you can grow your Channel! Keep doing honesty and don’t be afraid to zoom out every once in awhile to just live in it okay Brother don’t try to do anything too risky and just enjoy yourself and you will have lots of Subscribers! I will be watching. God Bless you and your Family! Here North of Seattle there’s Tides to add to the thoughts 💭 just a thought. 😏 I love Sailing on the Sweet Water! ❤️🖖🏼🇺🇸
Thank you for the feedback, I enjoy the hobby and thought I would try and give back to the RUclips community.
Excellent video and nice Sail! You got that right! I don’t want to see my Transom with my Daughters’ name Sailing ⛵️ off to the Horizon either! I will remain with the SV Adreann Marie 😌❤️🖖🏼🇺🇸
Thank you for the kind words.
North East nice length of the lake line ... and sort of rare.
Sailing west is never a given.
Great Lake Erie stuff.
I wish we made videos back in the day,
but this is as good as if we had kind of good.
Do you have any Gold Coast stuff?
Thanks and keep it coming.
Great sailing video! I'm new sailing and am looking at the Cat 30's. I'd love to get your thoughts after 2 years. Thx
First thought is perfect boat for a couple to learn how to sail. Very stable and forgiving. The other big plus is with such a long production run there are plenty of forums to find info, and parts for just about the entire boat can still be found online. My criteria was at 1988 or newer MK II standard rig. By 1988 mid year so many improvements over the earlier boats, plus it has the t shaped cockpit with the closed transom. If you do allot of swimming the open transom is nice but I like the safety of the closed transom on Lake Erie, lots of short choppy waves in the good sailing weather.
Just be sure to have a survey done if you really find a Catalina 30 you like. Let me know if you find one!
How does the Catalina perform in moderate weather, say 30 too 40 knots, pointing up wind?
Love the layouts and huge volume below, plus the clean looking well designed top decks decks.
She looks a bit tender, but thats the price you pay for the tall mast and nice light wind performance.
As a safety precaution, i had a line with a float attached trailing the boat, wearing a harnass if i decided to use otto to steer the boat. Also had jacklines readied.
(pretty much never used Otto btw)
The thought of seeing the boat sail away without me was too much for me too handle mentally. Otto was nice, prepare a cup of tea, check the charts, visit the loo, sail tuning.
The most wind we have had the bait out in was this past week 30knts plus, on the starboard quarter. Last year I had it out in 20 plus upwind and the weather helm was a bit tough, could be more attributed to my learnings. It never rounded and we have the shoal draft wing keel. We have been on a few boats like the CC 32 and they like to heal over much sooner than our boat.
@@cburnworth1 it's a learning curve. Lake Erie gets scary quick.
Cool video. Thanks for sharing. Would you feel safe in saltwater with a Cat30?
Thank you for commenting.
In my opinion the C30 would be good for costal sailing, day sailing and limited cruising.
For blue water sailing personally I would want heavier standing rigging and chain plates.
I know people do way more with less of a boat, but this is my opinion. At this point in my learning to sail the boat has more capabilities than I am comfortable pushing it to.
Just what I need to get me out of my chair........
5:11 Something in the water.
no new videos? still got the boat?
Still have the boat planning on some maintenance videos over the winter. Would that interest you?
Does your boat have the fin keel or shoal draft?
It has the wing keel, shoal draft. The draft is 3.8 ft but I just round up to 4 ft.
Shoal draft with the wing keel.
Sailors love to shut off engines and just hear water and wind noises. Not sure why you would add music for viewers. Great looking boat
It's better when the music is off.
I am curious, I too have a 1988 C-30 (HN5220) with the same Nav pod at the helm. What style usb outlet did you mount in the Nav pod? Most of the ones I’m finding appear too deep and would meet the back of the ST60 instruments.
Beautiful boat by the way and great editing. I’d love to see more videos from you
Thank you for the comments, this is what I installed, picked it up on Amazon. It’s installed between the center two instruments and clears both.
I installed a small terminal block and a inline fuse before the USB outlet.
This off season I upgraded the auto pilot to the Ray Marine Evolution, requires allot more sea talk cables in the nav pod.
I plan more videos this year, I will also capture how the new auto pilot performs.
Quick Charge 3.0 USB Charger Socket, ADSDIA 12V/24V 36W Aluminum Waterproof Dual QC3.0 Car Charger Power Adapter Outlet with LED Display for Car Boat Marine Motorcycle Scooter RV Golf Cart DIY Kit www.amazon.com/dp/B07PN5YZX3/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_QWY8X2EJ5W6JY47MEXAQ?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Thank you.
Fair winds…
The music is so annoying.