Martin, I too spent some time in my youth on 3/4 and 1 ton boats.On one 3/4 ton boat in particular I remember changing sails with the bow under water about 3/4’s of time. In the day of crappy foul-weather gear.
And jeez, bloopers? Yeah, I remember those too. And downwind running with same. Oy! You’re right though about the racing being tight and fun. Of course, I was a bit “tight” too when it came to the beer part of the definition. At the parties afterwards of course... ;-) Cheers, Dave Godwin 1982 C&C 37 - Ronin Reedville - Chesapeake Bay Ronin’s Overdue Refit <http://roninrebuild.blogspot.com/> > On Nov 10, 2014, at 1:54 PM, Martin DeYoung via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Burt, > > James’ answer leading you to search using “IOR ton rating is good advice. In > short, the term “ton” was based on an IOR rating band that allowed IOR boats > to race “one design”. IIRC the popular “ton” classes were: ¼. ½, ¾, 1, and > 2. Sailing Anarchy has had several recent topics that cover IOR and “Ton” > racing well. > > Calypso would have rated as a 2 tonner. A J-24 sized boat would be close to a > ¼ tonner. Today there is a resurgence of ton class racing with ¼ and ½ ton > regattas being well attended. Boats that had been neglected for years are > being resurrected, modernized and raced hard. > > Back in the heyday of IOR racing I had the opportunities to race extensively > on ¾, 1, and 2 ton class boats. The racing was tight and fun. We used > bloopers. In the PNW town of Bellingham a regatta called PITCH (Pacific > International Ton Championship) was started in the early 80’s. The racing > was as intense as the partying. Protest meeting often went past dinner time. > > Martin > Calypso > 1971 C&C 43 > Seattle > > <image001.png> > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of jtsails > via CnC-List > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 9:41 AM > To: Burt Stratton; cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List boat terms > > Burt, > The 3/4 ton term is a reference to the old IOR rating system. It was an > effort to create level rating classes of boats that could be raced with > figuring handicaps. Do a search on IOR ton rating. > I don’t think there is enough info on sailboatdata.com to calculate clearance. > James > 1976 C&C 38 > Oriental, NC > > From: Burt Stratton via CnC-List <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 12:19 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Stus-List boat terms > > I own a 1974 C&C 33 ¾ ton > > I have looked around a bit and cannot find any reference to the term “3/4 > ton” (in C&C terms). I did find the spec sheet available on sailboatdata.com > for the ¾ ton but no explanation there. If anyone on the list can point me in > the right direction I would appreciate it. Also, using the spec sheet on > sailboatata.com is there a way to figure out the height off the water (or min > clearance) from those measurements? Thanks in advance > > Burt > _______________________________________________ > 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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