My 1980 32 is solid hull, no core. Balsa in the deck of course. If there's any core it's in the bow above the water line, but mine is an earlier 32 and I doubt it's even cored there. The later ones I hear are cored in the bow, above the waterline.
Steve Suhana, C&C 32 Toronto On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > The 35 MK I is a solid hull and cored deck boat. A cored hull can be a > mess to fix, so I would not buy one absent a good survey. I once worked on > a foam core Krogen 42 that literally drained water for about 24 hours out > of a new hole cut for a thru-hull. YIKES!@!! > > Joe Della Barba > C&C 35 MK I > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Rick > Brass via CnC-List > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 10:42 AM > To: Paul Baker; cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List Upsizing boats > > I'm not sure how many of our "classic" C&C hulls did not have cored hulls. > > Someone on the list can probably determine the date when C&C started using > balsa core, but I'd guess it was on new designs that went into production > around 74 or 75. > > My 38 is balsa core. The 33 is cored. The 37 if I'm not mistaken. And all > the boats from the 80's. > > My 25 - a design from 71 or 72 - has a balsa cored deck and a solid hull. > But it is a small boat and any given thickness of glass is going to result > in more stiffness than the same layup schedule would give to a 35 foot > boat. The 35-1&2 and 30-1 are also older designs and probably not cored. > > Data from US SAILING PHRF BOOK and sailboatdata.com show the following: > 30-1 8000 lbs. 43% ballast. Range of PHRF ratings 168-186. Lake Ontario > PHRF 174 > > 30-2. 8275 lbs. 38% ballast? range of PHRF ratings 144-165. Lake Ontario > PHRF 147 > > 35-2. 13850 lbs. (35-1 had 5500 lbs ballast, which would be about 40%) > range of PHRF 120-142. Lake Ontario PHRF 132 > > 35-3. 10800 lbs. 42% ballast range of PHRF 114-129. Lake Ontario PHRF 123 > > It is not impossible to build a non-cored hull that sails well. George & > George certainly did it. But even newer cored designs from C&C do seem to > tend to be faster. > > Recall the discussion about the non-cored Shannon 38 from last week. IIRC > the conclusion was heavy and slow. > > Rick Brass > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Aug 20, 2014, at 1:12, Paul Baker via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > > > So which one do all the "classic" C&Cs fall into with their solid hulls? > ;-) > > > > Paul. > > Orange Crush > > 27MkII, Sidney, BC > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of > page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of > page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > >
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