We weren't on this list before we got our boat, but to address an earlier concern, of all the resources we used when making a choice about what brand to buy, sailing anarchy wasn't the least, it was non-existent.
That's not so much a put down of sa as much as a reflection of the fact that when folks are about to spend a lot of money, they tend to end up at sites with a lot of substantive information. That guy can say anything he wants about C&C's. Everyone on this list knows that it's a good boat and why. And not just in some sentimental way. Some of y'all are downright impressive in terms of your command of detailed information. Lisa (and Ron) 35 III "Mr Bop" Rhode River Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 30, 2013, at 1:22 PM, Marek Dziedzic <dziedzi...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Isn’t it one of the reasons why many of us frequent this list? Especially, > since some do not even have a C&C boat (yet or anymore). > > Marek (in Ottawa, on the hard for 4 weeks already) > > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 10:08:30 -0400 > From: "Rick Brass" <rickbr...@earthlink.net> > To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Re: Stus-List To the barricades! > Message-ID: <014501ced579$8396a490$8ac3edb0$@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I dropped out of SA a number of years ago. I came to realize that the most > vocal contributors on SA are generally those who have the least knowledge > and experience. The last straw was a Yahoo who claimed to have a Newport 41 > (I owned my C&C 25 and a Newport 28 at the time) and to have done successive > spinnaker peals until he achieved a steady 18 knots in 30 knots of wind. > Yea, right. > > > > Yes, there are folks on SA who make helpful and thoughtful comments, but I > don't have the patience to sort through all the chaff to get to the few > kernels of wheat. > > > > I question if most of the folks on SA have the judgment to tell wheat from > chaff, and I wonder how many would really be in the market for one of our > boats. Most seem like sailing wanna-bes. > > > > But I do applaud your efforts to show them the truth about the qualities of > older C&Cs. > > > > Rick Brass > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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