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I am looking for a good home for my 1979 Cal 34-III. If you know sailboats even a little bit, you probably have heard of CALs They are GREAT boats, and this is a good one! I was trying to make this the best Seventies Cal around, but I ran out of time. I have to move to the East Coast and this boat has to be OUT OF ITS SLIP by August 24th.
It’s 45 year old boat, but the interior is in amzing condition (even the original vinyl headliner!), I completely rewired the boat when I got it ten years ago, all top-grade stuff (Blue Seas panels, Ancor wire, ProMariner 40A charger, galvanic isolator, and lots more.) I did it RIGHT, as it was going to be my long-term Cal34! I decided to redo the complete head system with top-grade hoses (ZERO stink), and I replumbed the whole fresh water system with PEX and new pressure pump/accumulator, etc.)
I pulled the shroud chainplates and checked for rust/cracks/rot and there was none, happily. I did take the opportunity to soak the bulkhead with penetrating epoxy to keep things in good shape. I upgraded the main jib winches to larger period-correct Barients, replaced the sketchy original boom with a cool cut-down J-34 boom with inboard 4-1 outhaul tackle, added a few rope clutches for future asymmetrical spinaker or ?? (the boom has two sets of reef line sheaves for that, too)
The engine is a 4-cyl British Leyland/Westerbeke (the original one, no idea how many hours as the hourmeter was dead when I got the boat.) It runs really well, starts easily, no smoke.
This boat is a GREAT starting point for a PERFECT CAL 34! I wish I could hang on to it to finish the project!
What does it NEED?? New bottom paint, I’d do the through-hulls, new standing rigging, new sails, new lifelines. All pretty simple to do, but that’s why I have set the price SO LOW! Take this project and RUN WITH IT!!
The boat is in San Diego. If you are an SDYC Member, I’d consider a partnership (which means instant slip!), otherwise it has to be out by the 24th, so NO WAITING AROUND!! Just take this boat and HAVE FUN!!
Equipment: Set up for bay sailing and coastal cruising. No fancy electronics, but it’s a nice, solid, period-correct (for the most part!) Seventies sailboat.
The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.
Classic hull speed formula:
Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL
A more accurate formula devised by Dave Gerr in The Propeller Handbook replaces the Speed/Length ratio constant of 1.34 with a calculation based on the Displacement/Length ratio.
Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio.311
Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL
A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.
SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64)2/3
A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.
Ballast / Displacement * 100
A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.
D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³
This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.
Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam1.33)
This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.
CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)
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