A 34 would not be my first choice for that trip. I would rather have a Landfall or 30 Mk I . There is a stability chart for C&Cs someplace. My old 35 is 126 degrees and having been laid over by 20 foot breakers I would not want less. Ymmv and IMHO. Joe. Coquina ( anchored in Annapolis)
Sent from my iPhone On Aug 31, 2013, at 11:47 AM, "Dennis C." <capt...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Ah, men and their dreams. A couple months after I bought my first monohull, > an O'Day 27 with an inboard AT4, an article came out in a regional sailing > magazine about a guy who had bought a sistership but with an outboard. He > was going to sail it to some Scandinavian country. He left Mandeville, > sailed into a storm off the Mississippi coast, battled the weather for 20 or > 30 hours and finally washed up on the Chandeleur Islands off the Louisiana > coast. The magazine showed a picture of the boat on its side well above the > surf line. > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > > From: Edd Schillay <e...@schillay.com> > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 8:59 AM > Subject: Re: Stus-List C&C 34 > > Brent, > > I know people have made trips across the ocean in rowboats, but I can't > express enough how much I agree with John and Maryann. As someone who owned a > 1978 C&C34 for many, many years (it was the Enterprise-A), we got to know the > strengths, weaknesses and limitations of the boat very well. > > Over the course of our ownership, we took her a few times on the Around > Long Island Regatta, the first half of which is run on the ocean-side of > Long Island. As John and Maryann state, in light air and a little chop, the > C&C34 will move like a dream. In heavy air and high waves, you'll actually > hear the hull "crunching" under the stress. In one of those races, we were up > against 18-25 winds with 9-foot waves and, after a few miles, we all thought > it would be safest to turn around. We call that one the 5% Around Long Island > Regatta. > > I have almost 40 years of sailing experience. I would not want to do > any ocean voyages on a C&C34. > > > All the best, > > Edd > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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