Depending on the setup. It was not a matter of size, more a matter of how the boat is setup. Mine was setup for crew of 6 doing Bermuda races. Changing the mainsheet and leading all lines to cockpit allowed me to do tacks and gibes alone. I still quite often engage the autopilot while I do fine tuning adjustments like Cunningham, genoa fairlead blocks, setting up preventer, etc.
Petar Horvatic Sundowner 76 C&C 38MkII Newport, RI -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Rich Knowles Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 12:48 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List single handing a C&C 38 I sail mine solo often. I have the main halyard and mainsail adjustment and reefing lines led to the cockpit so there is little reason to race around the deck. I find that if I do things in an orderly way, sailing a 38 footer is no harder than sailing my old 22 footer. Rich > On Jan 2, 2014, at 13:31, dre...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi, > > I am think about upgrading to a larger vessel in the near future. I currently sail my C&C 29 as a weekend cruiser almost every weekend except for a few miserable summer weekends. But I also like to do some gulf sailing ranging from the FL Panhandle to the Keys. > > I am currently fancying the early 1980's vintage C&C 38 Landfall. From what I have read and have seen these are wonderful boats. Now I enjoy sailing my 29 single handed which is about half the time I sail. To those who know the 38 well, can they be sailed reasonable solo? > > Thanks for any advise. > > - > Paul E. > 1979 C&C 29 Mk1 > S/V Johanna Rose > Carrabelle, FL > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
