My daughter asked me last weekend if I ever thought of getting a bigger boat, and after a moment I said no. Open water is fifty miles from me, so I'm a river sailor. My 24 is perfect for that. There's no engine issues to deal with. There's very little wood to maintain. Everything about the boat is (relatively) inexpensive and low maintenance. Slip rental is within my budget. I can single-hand. If I want, I could spend an overnight or two. It's good for taking my children or grandchildren out for a spin, and it allows me high-quality alone time. So, the perfect boat is as much about your use as well as your dreams. For a first - and only - boat, I don't think I could have done better.
On 10/1/2021 10:58 AM, T Sutton via CnC-List wrote: > Interesting choice and glad to hear I’m not the only one. I had a 25 Mk > I then a 33 MkII C/B and after a number of weeks spent each summer in > the North Channel of Lake Huron and a few passages in less than ideal > conditions I started looking for a 37+ which I thought would be the > ideal boat but after looking at a few I decided it was just too big for > myself and the Admiral especially considering that we have to pull our > masts and boats every fall and put them back together in the spring and > the option of paying to have it done doesn’t exist unless I change > harbours. So I thought the 34+ would be a better fit and then I came > across the Saga 35 which promised the speed of a 37+ in a package more > the size of a 34+ and it is made by the some of the same craftsmen as > C&C. Long story short, I now have a Saga 35 but still not perfect and > I’m not even sure if it is any better than the 34+ would be. Bottom > line, there is no such thing as the perfect boat but there are a number > of C&C’s that come as close as one can hope for especially for the price > and considering the newest ones are now a quarter century old and some > of the classics more than half a century. The sailing community owes a > lot to the two Georges, three if you include Mr. Hinterhoeller. > Cheers, > Tom S > *From:* John Conklin via CnC-List > *Sent:* Thursday, September 30, 2021 7:19 AM > *To:* Stus-List > *Cc:* John Conklin > *Subject:* Stus-List Re: Perfect boat > I am liking the SAGA 43 > > John Conklin > S/V Halcyon > S/V Heartbeat > >> On Sep 30, 2021, at 6:56 AM, Joel Delamirande via CnC-List >> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: >> >> >> Off shore cruising boat kraken amel maybe a C&C >> On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 9:50 PM Doug via CnC-List >> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: >> >> I am sitting on Rebecca Leah with fellow C&C owner Jacob Fuerst. >> We are discussing the perfect boat. What is the perfect cruising >> boat? What is the perfect weekender? Perfect race boat? If you >> commissioned a one off boat would it be the perfect boat? >> >> Just asking >> >> Doug >> Doug Mountjoy >> sv Rebecca Leah >> C & C Landfall 39 >> Port Orchard Yacht Club >> Port Orchard, WA >> 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 >> >> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paypal.me%2Fstumurray&data=04%7C01%7C%7C34d4c05a83324e22c6ec08d98400fd4d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637685962045427521%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=F47lrhWUDo9pweo7Y%2BhKp%2B6Zn5yvmmsTP5jQWiCvXcE%3D&reserved=0> >> Thanks - Stu >> >> -- >> Joel Delamirande >> *www.jdroofing.ca >> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jdroofing.ca%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C34d4c05a83324e22c6ec08d98400fd4d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637685962045437513%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=GNn9IGz0oT5uTO2rXyxAJcxodnbu%2FjEBiV0n8toPVX8%3D&reserved=0>* >> 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 -- s/v MaryMe 1975 C&C 24 Labelle, FL USA 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
