Hi Edd,
I knew you would know the answer.
Thanks,
Gary
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On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 8:37 AM, Edd Schillay via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> Gary,
>
> I asked him at the C&C Rendezvous in Mystic back in 2012 (we are going
> again -- see cncnortheast.com).
>
> Rob initially designed a 37 foot boat with a practically vertical bow and
> stern (much like a J) and in just about every way, it is a 37 foot boat.
>
> But the look kept bugging him. So, and I quote, he "put $40 of fiberglass
> onto the bow and another $40 of fiberglass into the stern." Same is true
> for the 34 series.
>
> The marketing department didn't want to change the name, so it stayed 37
> (and 34) for a while (adding R, XL or +). Eventually they started calling
> it the 37/40 and then after the "40 Series".
>
> It does save a bit on dock fees and winter storage to call it a 37 :-)
>
>
> All the best,
>
> Edd
>
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> On Mar 18, 2016, at 7:57 AM, Gary Russell via CnC-List <
> cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
>
> Many of us have met the designer of the 37+ (Rob Ball), but I never
> got a chance to ask him this question. With many yacht manufacturers
> overstating the length of their designs, why did C&C understate the length
> of their 37+"? I know the 37 feet is the length on deck, but still why not
> use the LOA like almost every one else? Has anyone ever asked Rob Ball?
>
> Gary
> S/V High Maintenance
> '90 C&C 37+
> East Greenwich, RI, USA
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