Shawn, Not sure if this is an answer to your question but I have some thoughts. I have not sailed on either the Erickson or C&C 29 but both are good well made brands. My best advise for you is to encourage your wife to find a local “Learn to Sail” program so that she can learn to be comfortable under sail. All sailboats heal in a breeze tender or not and if this makes her uncomfortable you will be doing a lot of single handed sailing. If you too are a beginner you should take a class together so she can learn to trust your skills. She needs to be able to trust you in the boat. Once someone becomes frightened in a sailboat it is a hard thing to overcome. Adults are much harder to teach to sail than children mostly because of the fear factor. Also, I’m a real believer in the “smaller cheaper” boat for almost anyone but certainly for someone who is new to the sport. While sailing a smaller boat, everything is easier to manage, forces are less and maintenance is simpler and everything costs less. My wife and I have sailed our entire lives and our biggest boat is our current C&C 33 and we sometimes think about downsizing. We spent many years racing and cruising a Newport 27 (a C&C design) sometimes with and sometimes without our two children. It was plenty big enough for our family. Anyway, that is my two cents. Dave. SLY 1965 C&C 33
Sent from my iPad > On Apr 16, 2019, at 6:00 PM, Shawn Wright via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I'm interested in opinions of a '77 C&C 29. There is one named "Tooth & Nail" > that has been for sale in Vancouver for some time now. The photos look good, > apparently has a good sail inventory, decent Yanmar engine, wheel steering. > Apparently a popular local race boat (so it may be beat up?) > > It doesn't seem likely that we're going to find a 35' this season, so I'm > looking at smaller, cheaper boats so we can begin sailing while still keep an > eye out for the right boat. At the moment, the smaller, cheaper boats include > a very well kept Ericson 29, and this C&C 29, both for around $12K CAD. > > One reason I overlooked the 29 in the past was based on where it sits on the > stability diagram - right at the top among the most tender of all boats. How > serious a concern is this for cruising as keelboat beginners? I don't want to > scare my wife, who has very little sailing experience, with a very tender > boat. She gets uncomfortable when sailing on a friend's Macgregor 26, which > seems to heel over at the slightest gust. > > -- > Shawn Wright > shawngwri...@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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