Hi Dave, That's a shame about your friend's boat. I'm surprised that the Coast Guard couldn't use their portable pumps to save the boat. Must be more to the story. They must have lost control of the rudder to call the Coast Guard, and couldn't secure it so it worked and worked. What about the quadrant? It must have tore a big hole in the hull
My boat's previous owner bought a 40.7 and raced to Bermuda very successfully. Another friend bought a 36.7 and raced three Annapolis to Newport races doublehanded with his son. He finished first in class twice. I have pictures of him sailing with spinnaker w just the two of them. . One thing I like about my 34/36R is the rudder shaft enters the hull casing above the waterline and the fiberglass casing is solid right up to the deck. The rudder shaft is super heavy Schedule 80 SS pipe and about 3" in diameter. I've experienced times when we couldn't power more than about 4.5 knots due to headwinds and rough seas, usually above 25 knots of wind. But going 4.5 knots straight upwind is sometimes better than sailing at 6 or 7 knots at an angle to where you want to go. A bigger three blade prop would help, but I'm happy with what I got a two blade feathering Max-Prop. Chuck S > On April 26, 2019 at 5:12 PM Dave Godwin via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > Be careful what you wish for. Or better, what you actually want in a > sailboat. > > One of my closest friends and racing buddies owned a Beneteau 40.7 and > raced it extensively. Some years ago he was caught out short on the delivery > back from Key West Race Week and I filled in on the leg from Beaufort, N.C. > to its home in Annapolis. > > We left Beaufort in the early AM with conditions of 12-15 directly on the > bow and 3’ seas out of the South. With the undersized Yanmar saildrive, we > were lucky to break 4 knots forward motion. Combination of undersized (read: > lightweight) motor, flat entry (read: pounding) made it very frustrating > until we could turn NE and pull some sail out. > > With the high-aspect fine blade rudder, it took every bit of > concentration driving it. Stay in the grove or suffer the consequences. > > Anyway, with the right conditions it was a very fast but edgy boat. I > could understand someone wanting one. Even me actually. > > Several years later I was slotted to race on it for the Newport - Bermuda > Race. I passed on going as the delivery crew to Newport. A day later I got a > call from the owner who tersely told me that we weren’t racing to Bermuda. > > The boat sank. > > The carbon fiber rudder sawed itself in half, ultimately falling out > after being taken under tow the Shinnecock Coast Guard Station cutter. > Because of the construction of the rudder shaft, access by hand was futile > and the inflow of water could not be kept up with. > > Fun times for my buddies… > > Regards, > Dave Godwin > 1982 C&C 37 - Ronin > Reedville - Chesapeake Bay > Ronin’s Overdue Refit http://roninrebuild.blogspot.com/ > > > > > On Apr 26, 2019, at 4:46 PM, CHARLES SCHEAFFER via > CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com > wrote: > > > > I love the sailing qualities of my C&C 34/36R, but if I didn't have > > her, I wouldn't mind owning a well maintained Hunter 35.5 or 37.5. > > And I wouldn't mind owning a Farr designed Beneteau 36.7 or 40.7 or > > a Figaro II, all offshore boats. > > > > FWIW, A wiser gentleman once told me, "every boat is someone's > > dream", so I am careful not to bash other brands or other dreams. > > > > > > Chuck S > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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