A good friend of mine, Mike Virr when in the UK imported one of the first C&C 34s. He modified it to rate 3/4 ton. His brief explanation is attached.
-- Jonathan Indigo C&C 35III SOUTHPORT CT Begin forwarded message: > From: Mike Virr <mike.v...@gmail.com> > Date: November 10, 2014 at 23:54:46 EST > To: Indigo <ind...@thethomsons.us> > Subject: Re: Stus-List boat terms > > Yes, after a few mods we got measured at 3/4 ton under IOR. Rob Ball , the > C&C designer was quite surprised I got it under the 3/4 ton limit and asked I > sent him the rating certificate, which I still have somewhere but not here in > Auckland, NZ. Rob sailed with us on the Wednesday of Cowes Week in '79 as he > came over with some of the Canadian Admirals Cup boats. My hull was one of > the first C&C 34 hulls which being bigger than a 33 was more difficult to get > it under the 3/4 ton limit. We did quite a lot with the rig and ballast to > get it rated. > She was third in the British level rating series off Cowes which included new > boats from France, Germany and Sweden (a wooden Petersen with the designer on > board). Rodney Patterson won it driving Robin Asher's new She. We were second > in the very heavy weather first race. > Mike > > > >> On Nov 11, 2014, at 2:25 PM, Indigo <ind...@thethomsons.us> wrote: >> >> Can you shed any light on this discussion. Didn't you have C&C customize >> your boat to rate as a 3/4 ton? >> >> -- >> Jonathan >> Indigo C&C 35III >> SOUTHPORT CT >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> From: Burt Stratton via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >>> Date: November 10, 2014 at 12:30:21 EST >>> To: "'Burt Stratton'" <bstrat...@falconnect.com>, <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >>> Subject: Re: Stus-List boat terms >>> Reply-To: Burt Stratton <bstrat...@falconnect.com>, cnc-list@cnc-list.com >>> >>> This is all I could find. Notes from the spec sheet. >>> >>> The 'semi custom' C&C 3/4 TON was the first design by Rob Ball for C&C >>> yachts. The hull and sailplan are the same as that of the slightly later >>> production version of the C&C 33-1. >>> >>> From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Burt >>> Stratton via CnC-List >>> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 12:19 PM >>> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com >>> Subject: Stus-List boat terms >>> >>> I own a 1974 C&C 33 ¾ ton >>> >>> I have looked around a bit and cannot find any reference to the term “3/4 >>> ton” (in C&C terms). I did find the spec sheet available on >>> sailboatdata.com for the ¾ ton but no explanation there. If anyone on the >>> list can point me in the right direction I would appreciate it. Also, using >>> the spec sheet on sailboatata.com is there a way to figure out the height >>> off the water (or min clearance) from those measurements? Thanks in advance >>> >>> Burt >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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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