Hi Shawn, Stop over thinking it. Buy a Catalina 27 and learn to sail, then you can be more comfortable with a C&C.
Yes some people have cut a small slit for the water on the deck, while the rest of us just wick the moisture off. We still get a green deck with the pollen, mold and slime in the Spring. If you were sailing the C&C 35 in serious conditions, over 34kts with puffs to 50, you would appreciate how well the boat handles, and likely notice that 3-6” of water flowing down the boat magically sweeps off the deck just before it gets to you. What a thoughtful design. . . Buy the boat, Lee > On Apr 13, 2019, at 1:21 07PM, Shawn Wright via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > While inspecting a '74 35-2, I noticed something quite alarming: it appears > that in an effort to allow drainage off the decks, someone decided to cut a > small section of the toerail out, about 1/4" wide, using a hacksaw or recip. > saw. I could see where the saw blade nicked the deck slightly below, and it > also exposed the hull-deck joint edge. > > While this seems like a *really* bad idea, and quite a difficult hack to > reverse (I think the toerails are continuous), it also got me wondering how > others have solved this problem. In our wet climate, allowing water to pool > promotes lots of nasty stuff, which I assume was the reason for this ugly > hack job. I suppose one could hide it by attaching a short section of toe > rail or similar material on top of the cut, while still allowing water to > drain. > > -- > Shawn Wright > shawngwri...@gmail.com > <mailto:shawngwri...@gmail.com>_______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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