Brent, First thing one need to accept on the ocean is the fact that the boat will start making all sort of interest noises/cracks... After a number of days, you end up understanding where most of them come from. Example, the deck of C&C 30 is laid over the bulkhead but is not mechanically bonded to these bulkheads, with the exception of the main bulkhead around the mast. The result is a deck constantly rubbing slightly against the bulkheads, making squeaks. You almost never hear these things in calm waters (and weather). Message, the boat will suffer much more than its used too and needs to be prepared. In heavy weather, picture your boat suspended under a crane 2-3 meters above water and then dropped in the water, and you are actually in that boat when it's dropped. Second example, I added longitudinal bulkhead to create more storage and help stiffening. All, and I mean all, the screws were bended upon return.
Second message I've seen many boats doing all kinds of crossing, including a guy who did it solo four time on his Mirage 25. But the boat needs to be prepared for that. Second message: most of the boats are more sturdy than you think. In most of the cases, the crew fail first and fail the boat too. So don't ask if your boat can do it, rather ask if the crew has what it takes to do it in terms of knowledge, skills, judgement and guts. Remember that plenty of guts do not replace knowledge, experience and judgement. If the crew has sufficient knowledge and skills, this implies this crew will prepare the boat for what is coming. Don't worry about the boat, the boat is fine, if it gets prepared, meaning being put back in excellent shape. If it doesn't get prepared, worry about the crew. Solo on the ocean, you have two main tasks in this particular order, keep the boat in good conditions and keep the crew healthy. Faulty crew makes bad decisions which end up hurting the boat, which is very bad, because the boat is the only thing standing between you and the ocean bottom. Antoine (C&C Cousin) Le 2013-08-30 à 22:26, Brent Driedger a écrit : > Good evening. > One of my crew has made an offer to purchase a C&C 34 with a centreboard. I'm > guessing a very early 80s variety. I'm really unfamiliar with these boats. > This guy is very enthusiastic about cruising, in his 2nd year of sailing and > spent his first winter doing 7/10 of the great loop solo in a Paceship 26. > His latest project is to take this C&C 34 across the Atlantic to Europe. This > wouldn't be my first choice of boat for deep ocean conquests but I'm > interested to know the opinions from owners etc. on how worthy a 34 cb is as > a blue water solo boat. Am I under estimating its capabilities or should I > provide him with caution. > > Cheers > Brent > 27-5 > Lake Winnipeg > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > 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
