After 10 years experience, mostly on Lake Superior, with our 30-1, I can say it handles wind and waves better than most in its size class (which is why we bought her). Went out in a a "small craft warning" in September, got caught and took a beating and deserved it, but she handled sustained 25 knots gusting to 40,and 4-7 foot seas on the nose, very well. Of course you lose a lot of momentum heading into waves that size in a 30' 4 ton boat, and under sail or motoring you make just a couple of knots over the ground. But she was dry, safe, predictable (especially under sail - with about 65% headsail and one reef in the main, we had the rail in the water but never took solid water over the bow! That said, after 6 hours without a break at the wheel in those kinds of conditions I was so exhausted I could hardly dock her when we made it back into the marina just after dark. The boat can take more than I can.
Nate Flesness "Sarah Jean" 1980 30-1 on the hard Siskiwit Bay Marina Lake Superior On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 8:38 AM, Curtis via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I have not had a lot of windward experiences with my new C&C. Its an old > boat but 4 years new to me. It looks like it points well thew I do loose > some control of steering and some weather helm. So far most all of sailing > her has been in the rivers around Beaufort and Charleston SC. Have not been > off shore but a few times with light wind. So I would love to here if these > boats handle well in bigger wind and waves like offshore or near shore. > Like 29% to so 40% off the nose with 4 to 6 foot seas on the nose? Is it > comfortable as far as 30 footer class boats go? Thanks for your incite. > I cant wate to get some sail-time off shore this winter and spring. Its > great living where I dont have to put the boat away in the Winter. > -- > > *Best regards,* > > > *Curtis McDaniel, * > > > *C&C 30-MK1 East Coast Lady* > > Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you > didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away > from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. > Discover. -Mark Twain > > *cpt.b...@gmail.com <bobhick...@rogers.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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