Hello Peter, Welcome aboard! I also own a C&C 30 MK1 but from 1979. Wonderful boat!
Cheers, Aaron Admiral Maggie 1979 C&C 30 MK1 On Jul 10, 2013, at 6:19 PM, "Peter Delean" <pdel...@eastlink.ca> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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