Thanks for the thoughtful input everyone. It sounds like the opinions are right on with my thoughts as well. When he told me he was looking at buying an Alberg I was not really concerned trusting the heavy displacement, full keel etc would make up for experience and be way more forgiving. Especially in the event of illness or injury when the boat may be left to its own devices. I hate to be the barer of bad news but I will let him know the opinions of those with the blue water experience. Thanks
Cheers Brent Driedger 27-5 Lake Winnipeg Sent from my iPhone On 2013-08-31, at 11:05 PM, Colin Kilgour <charliekilo...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
