Curtis, Yes, I brought the boat on the other side. The boat handled the sea very nicely and never concerned me. It is a very sturdy boat. Heaving to is very easy. Next time you're on a close-hauled course, simply turn the wheel to tack but don't touch the foresail and let go the main. Once the boat has slowed down, put the tiller off wind. The rudder attempts to steer the boat upwind, the genoa prevent it from turning and the main will bring the boat back upwind if the nose goes too far off wind. The boat will heave to as well with only a small jib or no sail at all.
The boat is very seaworthy. The main issue with boat in a crossing is the interior layout. Not enough good bunks for the crew. Equipped with canvas to stop you from rolling off your bunk, the starboard bunk is the only real good bunk on the boat. With three crew on the boat everybody wanted that bunk and we switch turns. Forget the idea of sleeping in the forward cabin. At night, with the table down to get a second bunk amidship on port side, there is no place to sit inside for the crew on watch. I want a chart table for the next trip across. A comfortable place where you can sit, write and read. Antoine (C&C 30 Cousin) Le 2013-08-09 à 07:30, Curtis a écrit : > Did you realy take your 30 to La Coruna in Spain? I would love to read > your blog. I too have a 30MK1 I am trying to learn of all the stories > and the handeling capibilitys this boat has? How do you heave to? Face > the wind cross up the sails and fall off the wind say to the left and > keep the wheel turned to the right? > How did Antoine Rose in open water. > Thanks for your help. > Cheers curtis. > > > On 8/8/13, Antoine Rose <antoine.r...@videotron.ca> wrote: >> A good idea would be to cover your shroud with quarter inch plastic tubing >> for the first, say, five feet. With this, the sheet will rub against the >> plastic rather than the cable. No chaffing this way. It's good to have it >> anyway to prevent chaffing all week at the slip when the genoa is furled and >> the sheets are rubbing against the shroud. >> >> I did heave to on one occasion on the ocean for bad weather reasons, mainly >> when rough weather was coming to get some rest (I was just south the of Tail >> of the Grand Banks, bad weather is not fun in that vicinity). Remember to >> heave to BEFORE weather gets really bad to get a chance to rest a bit while >> you can. The C&C 30 heave to very well. If you have a wheel steering, >> blocking the wheeI with the brake is not enough in rough weather, you have >> to secure it with a line. I also have heave to on two occasions to repair >> the control line on the windvane after rounding La Coruna in Spain. I had to >> crawl under the cockpit to do this. Interestingly, in three to four meters >> swell, the bottom of the cockpit locker was the most comfortable spot on the >> boat. >> >> Antoine (C&C 30 Cousin) >> >> >> Le 2013-08-08 à 17:55, martin schulman a écrit : >> >>> Has anyone experience heaving to with a 30 1974. It seems to me that if it >>> is done the weather genny sheet would chafe a good deal on the weather >>> shrouds. Am I missing something? Martin >>> _______________________________________________ >>> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >>> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >>> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> >> > > > -- > “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to > change; the realist adjusts the sails.” > > _______________________________________________ > 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
