Add my welcome as well. I have a '73 C&C 30 and it sails very well.
I raced with a friend in the Chi-Mac race back around '87 in a sistership.
Held up well even in the storm that came through.
Ron
Wild Cheri
STL
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From: Aaron Rouhi <admiralmag...@outlook.com>
To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: Stus-List Introduction
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
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