Horses for courses. Deep-draft boats--like Peregrine--are wonderful puttering around the Northeast or Northwest...or Mexico... or the Caribbean. And I bet I could find any number of beautiful anchorages in the Chesapeake that would suit me just fine, though it might be a long row over to Joe's boat for cocktails!
Andy C&C 40 Peregrine On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Joe Della Barba via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > None of those boats could get close to my slip nor go many of the places I > go. They would be aground in my slip, aground in the marina channel, > aground in Swan Creek, aground in Kent Narrows, aground in Fog Cove, > aground in Knapps Narrows, etc…. > > Joe Della Barba > > j...@dellabarba.com > > > > Coquina > > C&C 35 MK I > > > > > > *From:* Chuck S [mailto:cscheaf...@comcast.net] > *Sent:* Friday, July 11, 2014 10:39 AM > *To:* j...@dellabarba.com; CNC boat owners, cnc-list > > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List what is wrong with these boats? > > > > FWIW, I notice deeper water exists on the Western Shore of the Chesapeake, > while shallower waters are on the Eastern Shore. A keel a foot deeper can > lighten a 35ft boat by 1000 pounds which plays a bigger role in lighter > winds, when racing. Light displacement is not so important where it's > windy or if you're motoring to gunkhole destinations more than sailing. > > > > A deep fin protects the rudder, is shorter and thinner, and when you run > aground, you slimply motor back out or spin her off. The old Navy Luders > Yawls drew 8ft. The newer Navy 44 by Pedrick draw 7.25'. There are a few > TP52s at Bert Jabin's yard that draw 10 or 12ft. Just sayin. > > > > Chuck > *Resolute* > 1990 C&C 34R > Broad Creek, Magothy River, Md > > > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"CNC boat owners, cnc-list" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > *To: *"CNC boat owners, cnc-list" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > *Sent: *Friday, July 11, 2014 9:40:49 AM > *Subject: *Re: Stus-List what is wrong with these boats? > > > > 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 > <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 <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > > *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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > -- Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Ave Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ phone +401 965 5260
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