I am not sure this picture will be small enough for the list. When I bought my
35-2, I found a memo from C&C in the nav table saying the maximum back stay
tension is 2050 pounds
David Kelly
Baraka C&C 35-2
Noroton, CT
> On Jun 10, 2020, at 6:13 PM, Don Kern via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> Bailey
>
> I have one of those earlier C&C 35 Mk2 ('74 #255) and have not tried to
> attach the bulkheads to the overhead. She does work in heavy air. Two years
> ago the original outboard holding tank failed, which I had to remove by
> dismantling the head's bulkheads and cabinetry. I replaced all screws with
> slightly larger ones since more than 50% were missing or stripped. I put a
> new holding tank under the v berth and replaced all the screws connect the
> glass to the wood cabinetry in the forward cabin - 75 % were missing or
> backed out. We are not shy about pushing her hard in the last 40 years I
> have raced her. Last year hit 11.8 kts in a double-hander spin run. She does
> creak and grown. The most annoying thing is the head door will not stay
> close and bangs open when we are working her hard. About ten years ago I did
> an experiment at the dock of running a line from pulpit to pulpit (weight and
> small block at bow for constant tension) and ran the backstay up to 3000 psi
> - the line rose 2" up the mast (original unbending, telephone pole mast).
> The most tension I will put on backstay when sailing in very heavy air is
> 2200 - 2500 PSI. Since we still compete in the top 10% of PHRF races, I have
> no intention of changing the original set up.
>
> Don Kern
> Fireball, C&C35 Mk2
> Bristol RI
>
>
> On 6/10/2020 12:07 PM, Bailey White via CnC-List wrote:
>> Has anyone added material to tie the bulkheads to the liners for those
>> earlier boats? I wasn't sure if the liner could take it or if some work
>> would need to be done to grind out the liner and fiberglass directly to the
>> hull laminate, which would be more involved and error prone.
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Rob Ball <r...@edsonintl.com>
>> To: Shawn Wright <shawngwri...@gmail.com>, "cnc-list@cnc-list.com"
>> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
>> Cc:
>> Bcc:
>> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 12:39:15 +0000
>> Subject: Re: Stus-List Rob Ball comment on 41 "robustness"
>> Earlier C&C’s had the bulkheads ‘floating’ in the headliner groove, and as
>> we got into larger sizes (bigger loads) those tie downs were the solution.
>>
>> On the C&C 40, there were a lot of warranty claims for those leaks, and
>> eventually it was decided to stiffen up things to prevent this. The first
>> boat was the new C&C 35 and the bulkheads were ‘tabbed’ to the deck – much
>> stiffer . . . . BUT . . . . it meant that the headliner, which is installed
>> on the deck when it’s upside down, had to leave space for the tabbing after
>> the deck is placed on the hull. And then those spaces had to be covered up
>> with separate pieces to blend with the headliner after the tabbing . . . .
>> Much more labor and cost . . .
>>
>> But – a much stiffer boat – the sailmakers loved the straighter headstay . .
>>
>> Victory by the designer over the accountants . . . .
>>
>> The downside, other than cost is that when you hit a rock – the damage is
>> more extensive, because the boat is now actually more brittle . . .
>>
>>
>>
>> Rob Ball C&C 34
>>
>>
>>
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