David and I looked for a C&C 37/40+ boat for over two years to find the right one for us (condition), and while I agree with the volume of advice you have received, there is one area that wasn't covered. (Please excuse me) We hired a naval architect that performs surveys using a Flir thermal imaging camera so we could look thru the fiberglass at the balsa core. A wet core shows up as a different color. We wanted to make sure that she was the right one in every way.
C&C makes an awesome boat, their performance has been unsurpassed in racing and cruising from the first 40' we sailed to Block Island in the 70's to our 1983 29 MKII, the C &C 99 we crewed/raced on for 5 years, and the 37/40+ we have owned/raced & cruised for 1.5 years. Construction is solid compared to other models and in the case of our 1990 vintage, we were pleased to find the thru hulls do not have any balsa core around them. We echo what you have been told in the email strings below but also add that having a surveyor that has a thermal imaging camera is huge. The end result is a boat that points like nobody's business and weather racing or cruising does so beautifully. Good luck to you in your search and negotiations, may you have fair winds... Joanne & David Obsession 37/40+ Sent from my iPad On Feb 26, 2013, at 9:24 PM, David Knecht <davidakne...@gmail.com> wrote: > You guys are fabulous and one of the reasons I am excited that the boat we > are likely to end up with turns out to be another C&C. I really appreciate > all the advice. One question from the responses- the sea trial. The boat is > on the hard with rig up and engine winterized. It had not occurred to me > that we would throw it in the water in February (March by the time this would > happen) and go for a motor/sail- it is still pretty cold up here, but it > makes sense. I can see the importance of this to run the engine and check the > prop (Maxprop), and I like the idea of an engine survey, but what else? It > will sail like a C&C, so what are the specific goals of the sea trial? I > gather that it would then be hauled again and re-winterized? Who pays for > the launching, prepping, hauling and re-winterizing? Thanks- Dave > > David Knecht > 50 Farmstead Rd. > Storrs, CT 06268 > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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