For those of you who may not recall the IOR years, especially around 1979, beg, borrow, buy or steal a copy of “The Legend of IMP” by Bill Barton. (http://www.implegend.com/)
The book covers the heyday of IOR racing and includes first-hand accounts of some of the biggest races of the era. The book also covers the “Ton” racing concept very well. Not a lot of C&C design boat specifically mentioned but many are listed in the SORC result tables from the 70-‘s and 80’s. I recognized several boats that now belong to cnc-list contributors. In 1971 SORC results the 43 “Arieto” (now Calypso) is listed. In later years several other C&Cs show up including the 39’s and 35’s. Also, Sailing Anarchy has a topic going named “ “dance” of the IOR’s”. Reading through the comments is like a trip back to the late 70’s and early 80’s. Martin Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Seattle [Description: cid:D1BF9853-22F7-47FB-86F2-4115CE0BAF2F] From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Indigo via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 4:23 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List Some background on possibly the first c&c 34 3/4 ton A good friend of mine, Mike Virr when in the UK imported one of the first C&C 34s. He modified it to rate 3/4 ton. His brief explanation is attached. -- Jonathan Indigo C&C 35III SOUTHPORT CT Begin forwarded message: From: Mike Virr <mike.v...@gmail.com<mailto:mike.v...@gmail.com>> Date: November 10, 2014 at 23:54:46 EST To: Indigo <ind...@thethomsons.us<mailto:ind...@thethomsons.us>> Subject: Re: Stus-List boat terms Yes, after a few mods we got measured at 3/4 ton under IOR. Rob Ball , the C&C designer was quite surprised I got it under the 3/4 ton limit and asked I sent him the rating certificate, which I still have somewhere but not here in Auckland, NZ. Rob sailed with us on the Wednesday of Cowes Week in '79 as he came over with some of the Canadian Admirals Cup boats. My hull was one of the first C&C 34 hulls which being bigger than a 33 was more difficult to get it under the 3/4 ton limit. We did quite a lot with the rig and ballast to get it rated. She was third in the British level rating series off Cowes which included new boats from France, Germany and Sweden (a wooden Petersen with the designer on board). Rodney Patterson won it driving Robin Asher's new She. We were second in the very heavy weather first race. Mike On Nov 11, 2014, at 2:25 PM, Indigo <ind...@thethomsons.us<mailto:ind...@thethomsons.us>> wrote: Can you shed any light on this discussion. Didn't you have C&C customize your boat to rate as a 3/4 ton? -- Jonathan Indigo C&C 35III SOUTHPORT CT Begin forwarded message: From: Burt Stratton via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> Date: November 10, 2014 at 12:30:21 EST To: "'Burt Stratton'" <bstrat...@falconnect.com<mailto:bstrat...@falconnect.com>>, <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> Subject: Re: Stus-List boat terms Reply-To: Burt Stratton <bstrat...@falconnect.com<mailto:bstrat...@falconnect.com>>, cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> This is all I could find. Notes from the spec sheet. The 'semi custom' C&C 3/4 TON was the first design by Rob Ball for C&C yachts. The hull and sailplan are the same as that of the slightly later production version of the C&C 33-1. From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Burt Stratton via CnC-List 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<http://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<http://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<mailto: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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