Draft and draft limitations are interesting markers for some. To me there is no right or wrong, just comfort level. Or slip depth…
We have acquaintances in the Annapolis area who regularly cruised the Bahamas with one of the original C&C 40’s with it’s deep draft. They had no problems and when they decided to sell the 40 and move up, they bought a Swan 47. ~7.5 feet of draft. They still spend their winters in the Bahamas having a good time. I come at it from the other end of the spectrum. I’ll take as much keel as I can reasonable get away with. The 37 has 6’ 8” and I’ve never had a problem with it (oh yes, I have run aground many times. ;-) ) on the Bay and plan on using it in the Bahamas. I just enjoy the sailing characteristics of and am comfortable with lots of keel underneath me. I’m also lucky that even in conditions that blow the water out of the Bay so much that the fish are flopping around, that my boat is still floating. Best, Dave Godwin 1982 C&C 37 - Ronin Reedville - Chesapeake Bay Ronin’s Overdue Refit On Jul 11, 2014, at 9:40 AM, Joe Della Barba via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > 7 foot draft would make the boat totally useless to me. 6 feet would be > marginal at best. > I knew someone with a deep draft 40 and they chain-sawed the bottom of the > keel off and bolted on a bulb from Mars Metal to bring the weight back to > spec. At least back then the cost of doing this was well made up by the > increased value of the boat for the Chesapeake and Mars would give you some > credit if you sent them the lead you removed. > > Joe Della Barba > j...@dellabarba.com > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Joel > Aronson via CnC-List > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 9:30 AM > To: Stevan Plavsa; cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List what is wrong with these boats? > > Steve, > > As much as I love my 35/3, the 40 is a lot more boat for less money! I would > not let another 6 inches of draft stop me unless I planned to cruise the > Bahamas. > > Joel > > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 8:19 AM, Stevan Plavsa via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > There was another 40 in CT that was asking 29k recently. Same tall rig and > deep draft. It's gone. There are lots of these. > > Steve > Suhana, C&C 32 > Toronto > > > > On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 6:02 PM, Gary Nylander via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I sometimes pick up donated boats for the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. > Another volunteer and I just sailed an early '80's O'Day 30 across the Bay > for the program. He was interested, because it has a centerboard and his > mooring is in rather slim water. > > His thoughts were: Old gear, old upholstery, only two self tailing winches, > not four.. old instruments, etc..... the boat was attractive and will go for > low dollars. He was counting up the dollars to make it perfect and decided he > wanted a boat with fewer issues to deal with. > > I think these boats sit around for a long time because there are few folks > like many on this list who are knowledgeable enough to look through the small > faults and make an offer. My friend is skilled, but still wanted the > 'perfect' boat with few issues for low money. Maybe he didn't want to have > another project? > > On the first one, the hailing port is interesting, as the boat is now in > Maryland. The engine is small and has a lot of hours (almost 2000?), no self > tailing winches, old (really) Moor instruments (if it breaks, buy new). > > The other one looks better, is a lot more money for an old boat - and seven > feet is a non-starter around here. > > Gary > still happy with the 30-1 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 4:55 PM > Subject: Stus-List what is wrong with these boats? > > http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1974/C%26C-MK-II-2367894/Cambridge/MD/United-States > > This looks like a nice MK II and has been for sale for a long time. > My guess is the sticking point is the engine. It has a Westebeke 4-60 engine, > which is a 15 HP diesel derived from a 984 cc MG Midget engine. I had an MG > Midget and all I have to say to that is Yikes! It may run fine, but AFAIK > parts are nonexistent for it, so when it breaks it is dead forever. Also 15 > HP is not exactly overpowered for a 35 foot boat. > > http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1979/C%26C-40-2647391/Branford/CT/United-States > > The boat sounds and looks decent in the ad. Only things I can see is > apparently there is no canvas and the 7 foot draft. That boat would be > trapped in my slip except at high tide. > > > > Joe Della Barba > Coquina > C&C 35 MK I > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page > at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page > at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page > at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > > > > -- > Joel > 301 541 8551 > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page > at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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