Custom! Steve C&C 32 Toronto
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Dennis C. <capt...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Bob, > > For what it's worth, I suspect most of the older C&C's are not "square" > with regard to anything. They simply weren't manufactured to the > tolerances of newer boats. > > For instance, my 35-1 seems to be faster/higher on one tack than the > other. The mast is off center in the partners opening. The keel foils are > slightly different on port and starboard. That is, flatter on one side > than the other. The hull may be flatter on one side than the other. I > don't for one minute think Touche' is square, symmetrical or plumb at all. > > I haven't measured the rudder but might at next haul out in a couple > weeks. Wouldn't surprise me to find it off center, off plumb, and shaped > differently port to starboard, etc. > > I'll also bet that if most of us measured the shapes of our keels and > rudders, the foils on one side will be different from the other on both. > > I just consider all this part of the "unique features" of our older > boats. :) > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Bob Hickson <bobhick...@rogers.com> > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Sent:* Friday, April 26, 2013 8:50 AM > *Subject:* Stus-List C&C 29 mark 2 Rudder > > Last spring I purchased a C&C 29 mark 2 – hull 693 built in Rhode Island. > During the survey, it was noted that the rudder was “bent” about 5 cm to > port. > I have stripped the bottom this spring and it appears that there is no > damage to the rudder so I began wondering how it could be bent without any > mechanical damage. > Yesterday, I did a few measurements on the boat. > I was a bit shocked to find that the large rudder bushing in the cockpit > floor is off centre about 1 cm to the starboard side. > Based on this, I have concluded that C&C screwed up when they built the > boat and that the rudder tube was not plumb when moulded into the boat. > If you consider the top bushing offset to starboard by 1 cm this > translates +/- to a 5 cm rudder offset to port at the rudder tip. > > I am assuming that this is virtually impossible to repair without tearing > the whole stern apart (cockpit floor, stern tube.....) > Is this assumption correct or could this issue be corrected by moving the > bushing in the cockpit floor? > I imagine that this would not work because the bushing would have to line > up with the top end of the rudder tube????? > > Any thoughts, comments, suggestions about this issue? > > Are there any significant performance implications if racing the boat with > the rudder canted to port? > > > Best regards, > *Bob Hickson, P. Eng, RHI, CEA* > *C&C 29-2 Flying Colours* > *Frenchman's Bay Yacht Club* > *Pickering, ON* > *(416) 919-2297* > *bobhick...@rogers.com* > * * > ~~~~ __/) ~~~~ > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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