Eat my wake.......

[Lakesailor]

It's amazing how chubby the boats look, except in your first pic where the look very sleek.
Please tell me it's not always lovely and sunny like that. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[Lizzie_B]

No! It's not always sunny like that /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif. However, it is always warm by UK standards during the season (April to end September). The water temperatures are often in the region of normal UK summer air temperatures /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

I think they look chubby in the running pix because of the depth of the trough behind the bow wave. They are very similar in hull shape to an enlarged S&S 34 or the S&S designed Swan 38.

Hardly surprising as it's a modified S&S design from the same period, although they stayed in production 'til the early '90s.
For full specs see www.catalina38.org

This stern view of a sister ship I think shows her original racing pedigree /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[Lakesailor]

It's that rounded bilge and the extreme tumblehome that does it.
Look like "proper" boats though. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[Swanrad2]

Excessive tippage? I reckon he's run aground and is just hiding it.

Either way rather be there than here.

 

[Lizzie_B]

Just checked. The temperature there is 64 F at the moment with clear sky.