Greetings, from a recent purchaser of a 1980 C&C 30, sailing out of Penetanguishene, Ontario.
Last weekend (July 5-7) I sailed the boat with a buddy to its home port from Gore Bay, ON, on Manitoulin Island, a trip of roughly 160 nautical miles. SW winds were not as heavy as we would have liked, but we did get six hours of great sailing in, averaging 5-6 knots. It was the first time I've sailed a boat that needed no attention at the helm unless there was a change in wind strength. For those who know Georgian Bay, we spent the first night at Club Island, and the second night at Beckwith Island, east side. From there Penetang was an easy reach on Sunday morning. The boat will be used for cruising and overnighting, not so much for racing. The boat has a Yanmar 2GM diesel, a motor that saw plenty of action last weekend. It appeared to get very good mileage. Areas I would like to clear up: batteries and electrical (I don't like the location of the battery switch under the bulkhead, and don't like the original DC panel or its location). Any recommendations would be appreciated. The head seems to have a case of "gastric reflux" in heavy seas. I want to get that fixed. Anybody have one of those new composting toilets, and do they actually work? Electronics: I have Nexus wind instruments ready to go. I'd like to have the screens installed on a pod at the helm, with chartplotter, etc. Motor gauges: located in a spot anyone over a foot tall can't see. Can this be improved? Refrigeration: looking at options for shore power cooling. I love these projects, and expect to have a few things done by next spring. In the meantime I will sail it as much as I can this year to understand how the boat responds in different wind/wave conditions. As an aside, my experience with these types of forums/lists has been mainly with the long distance motorcycling community. They are ruthless when people respond without trimming excess paragraphs from the post. You guys/gals are much more polite. Hope to meet many of you on the water. My sailing goal is to make it up to Mackinac in the next year or two, then who knows from there. Peter Delean North Bay, ON Drifter II C&C 30 Mk1
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