I'll have to echo as well. I own a 1982 C&C 34 w/centerboard. Great boat for the Chesapeake and good all around coastal cruiser, emphasis on the coastal. She has a large cockpit, with limited water and fuel tanks. I have owned her for 12 years but I would not entertain an ocean crossing cruise in her. When taking on mother nature, caution should be the word. Regards, Jim
-----Original Message----- From: Colin Kilgour <charliekilo...@gmail.com> To: cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Sun, Sep 1, 2013 12:05 am Subject: Re: Stus-List C&C 34 I'd echo some of what others have said... Most boats, if well prepared, can handle bluewater voyages. However, some boats are more comfy at sea than others and a non-bluewater boat (say a C&C34) can beat the hell out of a crew. So while any boat - in theory - could sail bluewater a C&C 34 would be well down the list of boats that I'd want to go to sea in. Also, a good boat can (often, but not always) cover a rookie sailor's ass. We met a few families in the Carib who were newbie sailors but managed to cross over from Europe on a kickass boat. However, if you were going to sea in a c&C 34 (to be clear - a non kickass boat), I'd recommend you be a rock star bluwater sailor before attempting that. Sounds like your friend ain't. At least not yet. Please do him a favour and don't encourage him to do this. He probably has lots of folks egging him on, but what he needs is someone talking sense. Cheers Colin On 8/31/13, Jack Brennan <jackbren...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > If you can ever find it, get a copy of a 1970s book called The Voyage of Sea > Lion. > > It was written by an eccentric screenwriter named Will Corry, who composed > the first car-chase movie, a cult classic called Two-Lane Blacktop. He used > the money to buy an old wooden sailboat, a daysailer, and head out across > the Pacific with his toddler daughter following his divorce. > > He had never sailed before. > > Reading the book is like watching a traffic accident unfold before your > eyes. You want to reach through the pages and shake the guy, saying what the > hell are you doing? Somehow, he made it to Australia before being convinced > that he was going to kill himself and his daughter. Polynesian women kept > trying to spirit his daughter away from him, fearful for her life, along the > way. > > From the book, he appeared clueless about the dangers. > > After I read it, I tried to figure out what ever happened to the guy. No > trace of him or his daughter anywhere. Just random mentions about his cult > screenplay on movie sites. Strange. > > Jack Brennan > Former C&C 25 > Shanachie, 1974 Bristol 30 > Tierra Verde, Fl. > > > From: Dennis C. > Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 11:47 AM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List C&C 34 > > Ah, men and their dreams. A couple months after I bought my first monohull, > an O'Day 27 with an inboard AT4, an article came out in a regional sailing > magazine about a guy who had bought a sistership but with an outboard. He > was going to sail it to some Scandinavian country. He left Mandeville, > sailed into a storm off the Mississippi coast, battled the weather for 20 or > 30 hours and finally washed up on the Chandeleur Islands off the Louisiana > coast. The magazine showed a picture of the boat on its side well above the > surf line. > > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > From: Edd Schillay <e...@schillay.com> > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 8:59 AM > Subject: Re: Stus-List C&C 34 > > > Brent, > > I know people have made trips across the ocean in rowboats, but I can't > express enough how much I agree with John and Maryann. As someone who owned > a 1978 C&C34 for many, many years (it was the Enterprise-A), we got to know > the strengths, weaknesses and limitations of the boat very well. > > Over the course of our ownership, we took her a few times on the Around > Long Island Regatta, the first half of which is run on the ocean-side of > Long Island. As John and Maryann state, in light air and a little chop, the > C&C34 will move like a dream. In heavy air and high waves, you'll actually > hear the hull "crunching" under the stress. In one of those races, we were > up against 18-25 winds with 9-foot waves and, after a few miles, we all > thought it would be safest to turn around. We call that one the 5% Around > Long Island Regatta. > > I have almost 40 years of sailing experience. I would not want to do any > ocean voyages on a C&C34. > > > > All the best, > > Edd > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > -- Sent from my mobile device _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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