There's a Russian guy who did a solo circumnavigation with a 35 Mark one that he purchased for the princely sum of $1000. You can find his youtube channel but it's all in Russian. He's from Canada IIRC and the trip took place a few years back. I'm surprise more people don't mention it on this list.
Here we go: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-sailor-returns-after-solo-round-the-world-trip-1.2649695 The Mark II is one of the prettiest designs to my eye. Steve Suhana, C&C 32 Toronto On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 9:15 AM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > A MK I is not a MK II, but they are fairly close. > What to expect from a MK I offshore: > > In light air you are not keeping up with many modern race boats, but you > are miles ahead of most “cruising” types. Good thing, because the stock 18 > gallons of fuel is not getting you real far! > > A heavy air beat is rough work. You need the **right** headsail up. Too > much and you are on your ear and too little is not enough drive. Reefing > the main helps some, but the main is too small to take care of all the sail > area changes. For short handed sailing I would consider roller reefing > almost a requirement. One memorable (in a bad way) trip home from Bermuda > saw two cycles of calm-40+ knots-calm. We were though every sail on the > boat more than once – 170,150,jib,storm jib, jib,150,170 with main reefs > and unreefs thrown in. That was some work. The boat WILL pound and you will > pound HARD if the helmsman is not paying attention. Every helm swap woke up > the off watch as the boat banged hard while the new guy got in the groove. > Almost any modern fin keel boat with flat-ish bilges will do this. For > offshore don’t worry about the first main reef. If you need a reef at all, > you need the second and anything in the 50 knot range is the third reef and > storm jib. > > Crack off a bit and fun things start to happen. The MK I at least has a > close reach mode that feels like being on rails J > > Once the waves get big you have some new things to deal with off the wind. > The boat will definitely surf down waves – we have seen 15+ knots down the > face of a 20+ foot wave J J > > The boat does not plane like a Donzi or a modern planing sporty – you have > the stern sunk down and a LOT of helm pressure. Steering is real fun and > real hard work too. You cannot just go in a straight line either. The > routine was bear off a bit at the top to break loose , kind of like a > surfer “dropping in”, and fly down the face of the wave. At the bottom you > head up some to prevent the boat sticking into the next wave. This is where > the good range of stability and narrow hull help – a big breaking wave on > the beam will roll you and a lot of water comes across the boat, but she > always feels eager to spring back up and try again. You will be wet > though! Speaking of which, having the cockpit hatches come open could be > fatal. We had ours latched with much better latches than the stock ones and > locked closed. The cockpit won’t hold much water though, it comes in and > goes right back out due to being heeled over. > > For short handed sailing I would for sure bring a drogue device to be able > to run off slowly and make it easy to steer. We had a ton of fun pushing > hard in rough weather and doing 170 miles the first day out and 180 the > second, but it kept 5 of us pretty busy. > > Standard warning – these are all old boats now and need a good survey > before heading offshore. > > Joe > > Coquina > > C&C 35 MK I > > www.dellabarba.com > > > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Hoyt, > Mike via CnC-List > *Sent:* Monday, February 01, 2016 08:47 > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Cc:* Hoyt, Mike > > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Made an offer on a C&C 35 mk2 > > > > Ending a race is a location with palm trees is FAR better than ending in a > cold North Atlantic foggy port … > > > > > > > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com > <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com>] *On Behalf Of *Joel Aronson via CnC-List > *Sent:* Sunday, January 31, 2016 5:06 PM > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Cc:* Joel Aronson > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Made an offer on a C&C 35 mk2 > > > > That's right. Also did Annapolis to Newport. She took a lot of pounding > on the way to Newport in a nasty NE wind. She handled it better than the > skipper! > > i'm doing A2B again. > > > > Congrats on the purchase! > > > > Joel > > > > On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 3:40 PM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Joel raced his 35 to Bermuda in the 2014 Annapolis to Bermuda race. IIRC > his is a MKIII. > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > 1989 C&C 37+ > Solomons, MD > > > > On Sun, Jan 31, 2016, 3:11 PM Rino Granito via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Hi, Just looking to hear back from the group, on what I might expect > in terms of sail behavior and if she can handle some offshore stuff ? > > Thanks.. > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > > > > -- > > Joel > 301 541 8551 > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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