Dave, I’ve had a 41 for four seasons now. Love this boat! I moved up from the 34, and the difference is night and day. Roomy, powerful and a joy to sail. She is robustly built and survived a fall on the hard a few winters ago with reparable damage. Mine is the fin keeled, 8’ draft model, 3-spreader rig. Trucks upwind with just a #3, even better with the main & a manageable 125% Genoa. Nothing fancy, but comfy below. Cockpit is high sided and well protected. I can single-hand in most conditions. Though to be fair, I don’t push it if it’s blowing too hard... 25+kts. She’s an ‘84, Hull 053, and I’m finding no signs of mast step issues. Not much in the way of leaks and deck is solid. Good luck in your search, I have seen a cb model around here, and there are a few set up like mine as well. Great boats!
Best, Chuck Borge C&C41 Tenacious Somerset, MA Sent from my iPad > On Sep 19, 2021, at 8:41 PM, Dave via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Good evening all. > > Am looking to stretch out a bit, and much as I’ve enjoyed and invested in my > ’85 33-2 Windstar, I’m exploring larger options. Goal is shorthanded or > singlehanded daysailing and local cruising on the great lakes and possibly > Bahamas/Caribbean. I’ll likely upgrade to a more substantial passagemaker > when I retire in 5 years or so. > > A centreboard C&C 41 has piqued my interest of late, and if anyone can shed > some light on the evolution of the model and offer some informed commentary > or critique, I would greatly appreciate it. > > I cannot find any reference to how many 41s were made, and I have not seen > any for sale that were made prior to ’84, though apparently it was first > produced in ’81. > > They were available with a variety of keels, mostly 7’ or more. > > Photos of the earliest 41’s especially are very familiar to me, clearly they > are big sisters to the 33-2 and 35-3, sharing many features, hardware and > materials. > > I am aware too that the 41 also shares a few of the 33-2/35-3 “gotchas” – > leaking windows and keel sump/mast step failures. Is the keel sump/mast > step problem limited to fin-keeled boats, or is this also a problem with > centreboard boats? > > Some seem to have had the handy but butt-cracking bridge deck traveller (like > the 33-2) filled with teak and relocated. Brochures show the traveller at > the wheel and also on the cabin top. Was traveller location an option, or > have many owners relocated this in the interest of comfort? Thoughts? > > Some have forward-facing nav stations, with the typical smaller boat open > quarter berth, some (seemingly later models) with the bigger-boat > rear-facing nav station and an “aft cabin” (more like an enclosed quarter > berth) > > Some have with an opening tailgate through the transom, some not. > > The galley cabinetry appears to have varied also. > > And finally – a google search will turn up a fair bit of criticism of the > model, this surprised me. Much of it is the usual opinion-fuelled opinion > (repeated ad nauseam), and some the usual sweeping generalizations regarding > IOR boats. (I don’t plan to fly a spinnaker downwind in huge seas....) > Wikipedia curiously states: “Designed by Robert Ball at the request of > C&C’s new owner Robert plaxton, who wanted [an IOR design]” > Many commentators also suggest that the 41 is particularly racing-biased, and > therefore makes a less than ideal choice for single or shorthanded sailing. > The brochure suggests the 41 was a production development of a custom racing > model. > > I will likely visit the boat this week, and can certainly form my own opinion > much of this, but would very much welcome any thoughts. Many thanks in > advance! > > Dave - 33-2 (for now). > > > > Sent from Mail for Windows > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
