Hahaha! This is so funny. Andrew serving the table for someone else (me) to bash on Beneteau and Hunter and Marek really trying to literally translate a figurative "translation" joke.
Andrew knew I may be easy to start on that path... But... I will stick to what I know from experience. The only boats I have seen dismasted while sailing are all Hunter. I have seen one 35.5 broke her mast right at a start of a local race. Bad luck? Maybe, but I have also seen two other larger hunter that lost their rig sailing in under 20 knots wind. We have a lot more older C&Cs in our region and I have never seen one lose their stick. I have seen a lot with bad blisters too. But yes hunter are roomy and affordable. As for Beneteau, they are different in my opinion, they made good boats like the First 42 ( German Frers design) but they also made "sailing boats" that would be more in their element in a trailer park. I quite liked some of the First, like the 29, the 345 or the 375. Those "euro" style boats were ahead of their time like most C&Cs. But for me the rusty iron keel and keel bolts, the moldy vinyl liner, or the glued GRP structural grid in newer boats ( 36.7, 40.7) that traps water... always made me come back to C&C that are not perfect, nor for everyone, but for me they usually tick the right boxes. I'm sure a lot of sailors could bad mouth our boats. I have seen and corrected some issues, but the sailing qualities are there for sure and I think that C&Cs lines age well and still look good today. Every brand has its identity, + and -. As you all know it's a compromise, it depends... we are not building a custom boat with unlimited budget! A friend of mine just came back from a BVIs charter on a Bali 4.0 cat. He was so disappointed with the "sailing" part of his trip. He missed his CS36 upwind that's all I will report. Bruno Lachance Bécassine, 33-2 New-richmond, Qc. Envoyé de mon iPad Le 26 avr. 2019 à 14:34, Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> a écrit : I am not a French speaker (at least, not a francophone), but from what I know, the name Beneteau (or rather, Bénéteau) came from the last name of the original founder/constructor/shipwright. The “hunter” would be “chasseur”. If you want to stretch the similarities, “bonneteau” is French for a three-card game, but it has nothing to do with either Hunter or Beneteau. Marek Ottawa, ON From: Andrew Burton via CnC-List Sent: Friday, April 26, 2019 11:52 To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Andrew Burton Subject: Re: Stus-List Offshore boat By the way, perhaps a French speaker out there (Bruno?) can tell me, is it true that "Beneteau" is French for "Hunter?" :) Andy Andrew Burton 139 Tuckerman Ave Middletown, RI USA 02842 www.burtonsailing.com<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.burtonsailing.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cc73481900ea145c356da08d6ca5f30a8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636918907512666034&sdata=CH%2BFr1pxQj79yCw6ea%2F44L7TuPuCAH%2FVj5GlxzOZ4PU%3D&reserved=0> http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fsite%2Fandrewburtonyachtservices%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cc73481900ea145c356da08d6ca5f30a8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636918907512676045&sdata=c6gX1LeqxuvcmvKBYxmqHCZ9QWMc56EtQFAKOXeJVg8%3D&reserved=0> +401 965-5260 _______________________________________________ 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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