I have had my 1984 Catalina 27 for a year now. I think it is sitting low in the water. It is not full of fuel or water or sewage, none of the tanks are full. This model/year has a bootstripe in the gelcoat, its a double stripe, a wider stripe with a separate narrow stripe above that. Last year the marina bottom-painted it just to the bottom of the gelcoat bootstripe. But as it sits in the water the waterline, the actual line of the water, is 1 to 2 inches up into the bootstripe, so it gets weeds and barnacles in a one to two inch strip on the gelcoat blue bootstripe. I have owned several boats, all of them had the bottom paint come up an inch or two over the actual line of the water, and the bootstripe was above that. Is this a sign of the hull fiberglass being saturated with water?
Where should the waterline be on a Catalina 27?
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Exactly. Spend a day and take EVERYTHING that is not factory off the boat. Everything. You be shocked how much it all weighs.
When you re-stock don't let anyone put anything onboard that you don't approve. Expecially glass items as they are heavy and very dangerous on a sailboat! Admirals have a tendancy to put anything they want onboard unless you intervene. Your the Skipper!
Chief
PS: I only have a Commodore on mine as it isn't big enough for an Admiral!
Chief
PS: I only have a Commodore on mine as it isn't big enough for an Admiral!
I am sure as others said more stuff on board how many coats of bottom paint? that will add up over time too,
Thanks for the answers, but. . .
Its not that its overloaded, I have almost nothing aboard, half a tank of fuel, half a tank of water, no gear at all. Not even the sails. She floats 2 to 3 inches lower than the boat in the picture above.
Its not that its overloaded, I have almost nothing aboard, half a tank of fuel, half a tank of water, no gear at all. Not even the sails. She floats 2 to 3 inches lower than the boat in the picture above.
I have found it usually the best bet to just apply the bottom paint right over the gelcoat boot stripe, and then a new boot stripe is simply optional. As a 3x Catalina owner, I have never owned one that didnt submerge the boot stripe, either from loading of gear, or just sitting empty.
I have a very hard time believing that you could saturate any portion of the huill enough to get it to sit 2-3 inches lower... On the next bottom job, just cover the boot and reapply a new one if you want
I have a very hard time believing that you could saturate any portion of the huill enough to get it to sit 2-3 inches lower... On the next bottom job, just cover the boot and reapply a new one if you want
That is a great relief to hear. I would say that as she is sitting now, with next to no gear and half filled tanks, when the water is perfectly still, the water is maybe an inch over the bottom of the bootstripe. In the picture posted above, the water seems to be an inch beneath the bootstripe, which would be where I expected a nearly empty boat to sit. I was worried because I do have some blisters, on the hull well above the waterline, oddly.
Manahawkin is salt, but you just made me think of a great solution, I could move it to the Great Salt Lake, or better yet, the Dead Sea. I bet it would be almost tippy there.
No hookers, living or dead; they are all in the crawlspace. Anyway, the water just touches the lowest point of the transom, the exhaust is above water.
