Joe
You are 100% correct. Back in 2000 our friends bought a C&C 25-1 that had been repowered in 1981 with a OMC Zephyr sail drive. All the local experts said that mechanics did not want to work on them. When the lower unit became holed by galvanic corrosion we attempted to find a replacement. This meant many hours of searching for phone numbers for marinas and calling around and just dropping in to various marinas and then by chanmce we came acorss somebody who knew of a boater that had repowered from an OMC Zephyr to something else and we managed to buy it. The next year I decided to set up a Yahoo group for saildrives and it is now self sustaining and has well over 500 members. It is the source of knowledge on these powerplants and ha probably saved an awful lot of people an awful lot of headaches. These lists are phenomenal. I would never hesitate to buy a boat with a Universal diesel for this reason and an Atomic 4 has probably more support than any other marine engine on the planet so same thing! Mike Not a C&C but love the list Nut Case J/27 #150 sail 50757 (yeah - very much not a C&C but a lot of other boats we had and sailed on were) From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Joe Della Barba Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 6:22 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Off topic discussion - list decorum I totally agree. I would really hesitate to own an old boat with no active support community. Fixing anything unusual would be 50 times harder. It also holds true for the Atomic 4. Moyer Marine and Indigo do such a great job supporting these engines they are easier to maintain now than when they were new. Moyer also runs a forum that provides excellent A4 advice. Given the lack of marine mechanics that care to do a good job or any job on these, this is a good thing. Joe Della Barba j...@dellabarba.com Coquina C&C 35 MK I From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Ken Heaton Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 5:05 PM To: cnc-list Subject: Re: Stus-List Off topic discussion - list decorum To quote Steve: "I'll go one step further actually. - This list keeps the value of our boats up, I really believe that. C&C is still essentially a supported brand. When buyers are making purchasing decisions, knowing that there is a community of owners out there that are willing to help out is very valuable." This seems to me like a good time to remind everyone that Stu makes this all work (god bless him) and perhaps this would be a good time to make a small contribution toward defraying his costs to keep this list and website up and running. You can do that on the C&C Photo album site here: http://www.cncphotoalbum.com/chandlery_2/store.php?crn=226 Once you place your order and go through the checkout you will receive an order confirmation email that offers a couple of payment options. Its easy and I'm sure Stu will appreciate the help. Ken H. On 10 April 2014 11:58, Stevan Plavsa <stevanpla...@gmail.com> wrote: I've only been on the list a few years but it's my favourite place on the entire internet to look for help. I'm going to take this opportunity to thank you all for the valuable advice you've offered me during my time here. It's a great list and I'm all in favour of keeping it that way. I'll go one step further actually. This list keeps the value of our boats up, I really believe that. C&C is still essentially a supported brand. When buyers are making purchasing decisions, knowing that there is a community of owners out there that are willing to help out is very valuable. I'll point to Wally's blog as an example, I firmly believe that his blog actually adds to the financial value of the C&C Landfall 38. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Steve Suhana, C&C 32 Toronto On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Tim Sippel <tim.sip...@rci.rogers.com> wrote: It's a Trunk-aided Cow Tim Toronto -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Rich Knowles Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 10:30 AM To: w...@wbryant.com; cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Off topic discussion - list decorum That must be a mutant Ninja cow...? Rich > On Apr 10, 2014, at 10:55, Wally Bryant <w...@wbryant.com> wrote: > > I've moved on... <http://www.wbryant.com/weblogs/bS_1105/bs_006.jpg> > > Big grins as usual. > > Wal > > >> On 4/10/2014 1:29 PM, Joe Della Barba wrote: >> The worst outbreaks seem to be about old >> sports cars or inflatable cows. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 communication is confidential. We only send and receive email on the basis of the terms set out at www.rogers.com/web/content/emailnotice<http://www.rogers.com/web/content/emailnotice> Ce message est confidentiel. 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