The C&C 35 rudder shown on Phil's website looks like a mk-3 compared
to my mk-1 (which is similar to the mk-2).
Are we there yet?
Cheers, Russ
Sweet mk-1
east Vancouver Island
And welcome the group Joseph! Too bad about the hard knock but
without adventures we wouldn't have much to talk about eh.
At 04:35 PM 05/03/2013, you wrote:
Here is a link to what used to be Phil's Foils in Ottawa. Looks like he has
rudder for C&C 35 (depending on which model 35). Probably less expensive
depending on whether he can reuse the inner skeleton. I have no personal
knowledge of quality.
http://www.fastcomposites.ca/site/marine/foils-a-z/cc/
Mike Dean
C&C 27 Mk III
Oakville, ON
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From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Joseph
Sisson
Sent: March-05-13 2:24 PM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Stus-List Introducing me...
Hello Fellow Listers,
Allow me to introduce myself....my name is Joseph Sisson and I am the proud
owner of Silent Runner a 1975 C&C 35 MKII...hull # 350.
I purchased her last August. She was on the hard in a marina on the North
Channel of Lake Huron.
After a couple months of testing, cleaning, replacing, retrofitting,
restoring etc...I set out on what was supposed to be a voyage down Lake
Michigan and into the river systems exiting at Mobile Alabama and into the
Gulf of Mexico.
The plan was that I would sail the boat to the Caribbean and eventually
through the Panama Canal and onto Vancouver BC Canada which is where I want
the boat to end up.
Long story short I ran aground on the evening of the first day of my voyage,
was rescued (taken off the boat) by the Ontario Provincial Police (Marine
Unit) after several unsuccessful attempts to pull the boat off the rocks.
After four loooooooooooooooooong days of waiting for the wind to die down so
that we (I hired a local fisherman and his boat) could get back to my boat,
I was overjoyed to find her still afloat.
We attached a 400 foot line to the main halyard and pulled Silent Runner
from the top of the mast until she heeled over enough to float her off the
rocks.
I wish I had know how to do that on the night that I ran aground and would
have tried that with the OPP boat. (You learn these things as you go.)
Photos of the "rescue" of the boat can be found at:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=155629101249005&set=a.155628851249030
.52955.124818477663401&type=3&permPage=1
Although the rudder was badly damaged, I still had steerage and motored SR
to Gore Bay where she was hauled and is now awaiting my return in the
spring.
While at Gore Bay I got to know the service manager of a sailboat charter
company there and shared with him the story of my running aground.
After inspecting the damage to the rudder and the hull his comment was:
If that had been one of our boats (they have mostly late model
sailboats to offer there clients) if would have been in pieces.
So I am very glad that I choose to purchase a C&C and Silent Runner's story
is testament to the solid construction of these boats (something that I do
not wish to test again).
I have been monitoring this forum and reading the postings for months now
and am only now chiming in.
I found the C&C Photo Album website and this forum while researching
potential sailboats to purchase.
I suggest that the website and this active forum of C&C owners should be
included as a selling feature with any C&C. (Great resource and great
people!)
Through the list I was informed of the Maritime Museum of the Great Lakes
and have contacted them to obtain drawings of the C&C 35 MKII (still waiting
for the results of their search).
Are there any 35 MKII owners who have obtained drawings of this design?
I am considering doing the repairs to the rudder myself after receiving
quotes of $4K and $5K from two companies.
I welcome any suggestions or comments as to the feasibility of doing the
repair myself.
To Jim Watts re hatch replacement: through this list I was informed of
Hammerhead Nautical Systems in Toronto.
I recently sent them the "glass" for my hatch on my Edel 665 (I am currently
restoring her to like new condition).
They are going to supply a new "glass" (with my original hardware attached)
and new gaskets for about $300.
The link to their website is: http://www.hhns.ca
To Kim Brown re an easier third choice for leaking windows: you might want
to consider butyl tape.
Also through this list I was informed of this product.
An informative article with photos can be found at:
http://www.sailnet.com/forums/gear-maintenance/63554-bedding-deck-hardware-b
utyl-tape.html
Sorry for running on so long....
Cheers,
Joseph Sisson
s/v Silent Runner
1975 C&C 35 MKII
Hull #350 (second last 35 MKII off the line)
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