When I first joined C&C Yachts in 77, I think the coves and stars (arrows) were
painted. They went to mylar for the stripes shortly thereafter. A few years
later they put a gap in the cove so the boat name could be painted there. The
stars remained gold painted. Later on we offered the cove and stars in a
variety of colors to match boot stripes. The stars remained painted long after
the coves went to mylar, but eventually they went mylar tape too.
It is interesting that the stars and diamond next to them were never
standardized. If you look at C&C's over the years some of the stars are short
and stubby, some of them are long and pointed and everything in between. I
remember suggesting to George, Rob and David that the stars had become a
"signature" of C&C and should be standardized. That never happened while I was
there. I think it depended on who was making the hull plug and the hull molds
as to how the stars looked.
A side story about coves and stars : Butch Cannon headed up a very successful,
nationwide architectural firm and was a Past Commodore of the Youngstown Yacht
Club in Youngstown, N.Y. which is right across the river from Niagara On The
Lake where C&C's were built. He was also a member of RCYC, a legendary racer on
Lake Ontario and had many C&C's over the years. While I was working there, he
went to RCR Yachts for a new C&C 37. Don Finkle at RCR Yachts in Youngstown
sold him the boat and sent Butch over to see me at the NOTL plant to work out
the details of what he wanted on the boat. After all the specifics of winches,
halyards, etc. he pulled a grey plastic vacuum cleaner nozzle out of his brief
case and said "Hank, this is the color I want my boot stipe, cove and stars".
I told him we would try and later in the day went to the plant manager with the
nozzle and told him what Butch wanted. Everyone at C&C knew Butch and the
plant manger just nodded and took the nozzle with a smile. The 37 was about 80%
complete when Butch again visited the plant to see her abuilding. He looked at
the boot top, cove and stars and questioned if that was the right color grey ?
I just happened to have the vacuum nozzle in my pocket, pulled it out and held
it up to the stars. The color match was perfect ! Butch just smiled and I
handed him back his nozzle. Butch did well racing his 37 and became a good
friend and mentor when I served as Commodore of the Youngstown Yacht Club in
1985. We lost him about five years ago, well into his 80's.
Cheers,
Hank
On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 2:57 PM, doug.welch--- via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
I am sprucing up our 33-2 and am looking for input on the cove stripe and
diamond and star colours. I have two boot stripes, the bottom being bright red
and the upper a light blue. The imperial polishing compound has brought them up
nicely. The cove stripe is mylar and the same color as the boot stripe and the
diamonds and stars painted gold. I plan a new red mylar cove stripe, but am
undecided about the gold. Can anyone tell me if the gold was original? I would
like to restore to original?
Any other relevant advice welcome
Cheers,DougCeltic Knot85 33-2 cb
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