I would have no issue single-handing a 41 as long as the boat had roller furling. The great thing about C&Cs is you can be way off pushing the boat to 10/10ths and still be faster than everyone else. You will want to rig up an asym chute, dealing with a spinnaker pole and gybing is a LOT of work for one person!
Joe Della Barba Coquina C&C 35 MK I From: Dave via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 9:52 AM To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Glenn Henderson <ghe...@gmail.com>; syerd...@gmail.com Subject: [EXTERNAL] Stus-List Re: C&C 41 thoughts? Thanks Glenn, the short cockpit seats/big wheel are one of the compromises on my 33 as well. I had seen seat-fillers on other boats, along with the traveller relocation, though I do like traveller and especially mainsheet access from the helm Need to work those things out. Am glad to hear that the much-maligned IOR influence doesn’t seem to make the boat any less enjoyable than it does with my 33-2. I agree completely on windward ability – here in the Toronto area we spend much of our time sailing to windward in light air, and I would be really frustrated with a boat that didn’t perform well in those conditions. Reinforces the point about buying the right boat for the conditions. I am unlikely to be roaring downwind in huge seas under full spin any time soon, nor will I be rounding the horn in this boat. It appears (circumstantially) that the ’81-84 boats were customs or semi customs, typically racing biased. This aligns with the perception of the production boat (most evident post-’84) as a racing-oriented but cruisable model defined by the constraints of IOR in its twilight. Seems as though the custom was somewhat repurposed to a production model under a new leader – the Wikipedia comment cited below. This further jives with the my understanding of the evolution of the IOR -that dual purpose boats were not as competitive as in the past, and that the racer/cruiser niche was less relevant under this rule. The 8’ draft of many examples does not suggest cruising as a priority but the existence of the CB model and the relatively posh cabin of the production model speak to C&C remaining centred in this racer/cruiser niche. It interesting to read all of this in the context of the marketplace at the time. Long and the short of this appears to be that its a good fun boat depending on how one intends to use it. Going to see the boat tomorrow. Biggest concern I can see is ease of shorthanded/singlehanded sailing – this was probably not in scope for the design. My baseline is a 33-2, which is manageable, due to its handy size. Second concern is to buy at the right price - resale appeal is not as broad as it could be. Glenn – do you single-hand the 41, and do you (or anyone else) have any wisdom you could share on this? Thanks as always, Dave
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