Agree with Dennis about the importance of carrying on the brand, and also with quality designs. The worst outcome with a storied brand is to have it diluted by a series of takeovers leading to the production of lower and lower quality boats. The takeover of Dehler (my current boat) by Hanse, may possibly have this effect. I talked to the US Watercraft people at the Annapolis show and although they knew nothing about the C&Cs of the past, the new designs look great IMHO, which is the most important thing. Whether they will sell more than a handful remains to be seen.
Roger Ware Kingston, ON From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of dwight veinot Sent: October-16-13 6:42 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List C&C carrying on brand name Does anyone know which of the C&C designs were Rob Ball designs On Tuesday, October 15, 2013, Jerome Tauber wrote: SR was purchased by C&C from Glen Henderson. A drawing of the first boat to be produced by the new C&c company was shown at the Newport Boat show. It's the Redline 41 similar to a King 40 by Summit yachts. You can see a drawing of it at http://summit-yachts.com/. The new line is described below >From the website. NEWS Summit Yachts is a Dealer for C&C Yachts! Principles George Carabetta and Barry Carroll announce their relationship with C&C Yachts. C&C Yachts are built by U.S. Watercraft of Warren, Rhode Island. All C&C models built by U.S. Watercraft are Mark Mills newest designs. The first model of the new line will be the C&C Redline 41 (Pictured above, preliminary spec sheet below). Production of this boat will begin shortly. Under development are a 36 ft. Cruiser/Racer and a 30ft. one design racer. Attachment Size <http://summit-yachts.com/files/CC_REDLINE_41_PRELIMINARY_SPECIFICATIONS_201 4.pdf> CC_REDLINE_41_PRELIMINARY_SPECIFICATIONS_2014.pdf 55.28 KB Sent from my iPhone On Oct 15, 2013, at 8:00 PM, Chuck S <cscheaf...@comcast.net <javascript:_e(%7b%7d,%20'cvml',%20'cscheaf...@comcast.net');> > wrote: My 2 cents. I think our boats benefit by the C&C brand name carrying on. I would support the new builder and look forward to seeing a new design as long as they build a quality product. Rob Ball was lead designer for most of our boats, (anything after 1973) and his vision changed a lot over time until the mid 90's. And remember the C&C design group produced the Mega and the SR series? I won't be surprised if the newer C&Cs will loose the beautiful destroyer bow and subtle sheer they were know for. I love that look but people pay slip fees by boat length and want volume and instead any new designs will have plumb bows and straight sheer and be lighter and faster, with carbon fiber masts, carbon sprits, fiber rigging and hopefully a wonderful livable interior layout. The best thing they could do is build more 34/36s and 37/40s. If you redraw the bow so it is plumb the waterline grows about 3 feet, adding a lot of speed, just saying. Then you square the transom and add a hinged door to work as a swim platform and dinghy garage. All halyards led cleverly to cockpit coaming clutches/winches w electric option. (Neat stuff at the boatshow) I can't afford a new boat, so I just hope they sell a bunch, so they can keep the C&C brand name alive. Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Atlantic City, NJ _____ From: "dwight veinot" <dwight...@gmail.com <javascript:_e(%7b%7d,%20'cvml',%20'dwight...@gmail.com');> > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com <javascript:_e(%7b%7d,%20'cvml',%20'cnc-list@cnc-list.com');> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 4:13:45 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List Annapolis Boat Show Check the the meaning of C&C...designed and built...I think the design is the important part...I don't think the designers were either of the original C's On Tuesday, October 15, 2013, Andrew Burton wrote: Just a little info about US Watercraft, who will be building the new C&Cs. I know most of the people involved and they are pretty decent guys. The company president used to own a C&C 41, his right hand man grew up on a C&C 29, and one of the guys used to work at the old C&C plant in RI. Most of the rest have some connection with pre-Tartan C&Cs. I think they will be a good thing for the brand. And they have already offered their support in any way they can for those of us with older boats. Andy C&C 40 Peregrine _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com <javascript:_e(%7b%7d,%20'cvml',%20'CnC-List@cnc-list.com');>
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