Hi Rob, So the Mega was conceived by Peter Barrett, representing North Sails and then designed by Rob Ball's team?
I look forward to reading your article on lifting keel boats. The S2 7.9s were very popular. I think the smaller 6.9 would make a nice trailerable boat for my future purposes. C > On 10/01/2020 12:10 PM Robert Mazza <robertlma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Chuck, > > The design of the Mega 30 is erroneously ascribed to Peter Barrett on > Sailboatdata.com. I'm sure Rob Ball will also chime in here to defend his > design. Peter Barrett, representing North Sails, worked closely with George > Cuthbertson in the creation of the Mega concept, but the execution of the > design, for good or evil, was entirely C&C Design Group. I should know > because I was the Project Manager for this design. ;-) > > Incidentally, the prototype of the Mega was built in aluminium by Martin > and Danny Klacko at Klacko Marine. > > On a related note, I included the Mega 30 in a recent Design Comparison > piece on lift keel trailerable boats that will appear in the next issue of > Good Old Boat magazine. . > > Rob Mazza > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 11:51 AM CHARLES SCHEAFFER < > cscheaf...@comcast.net mailto:cscheaf...@comcast.net > wrote: > > > > Hey Stu, > > > > Thanks for putting that together. It was great to match faces to > > names from the list. JohnKelly had some great stories to share. I also > > enjoyed the glam photos shared by the various members. I look forward to > > the next one. > > > > Mega: I always found the Mega interesting for the lifting keel > > idea, as it is a boat you can trailer home for the winter and trailer to > > exotic sailing venues. The keel idea showed up much later in trailerable > > sport boats like the Ultimate 20 and Antrium 27 and later the Melges and > > Viper 640 boats. The Mega was such a departure from the C&C racer/cruiser > > style boats, I always wondered if the Mega was designed by a different team > > of designers than Rob Ball and his team. > > > > Chuck Scheaffer, Resolute 1989 C&C 34R, Pasadena Md > > > > > > > On 10/01/2020 10:37 AM Stu < s...@snghost.com > > mailto:s...@snghost.com > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Our latest meet and greet was another success. Added to the > > > rendezvous, we had JohnKelly Cuthbertson join us and gave us a few > > > tidbits about his father – Big George. > > > > > > I questioned JohnKelly on having a Mega built in 1981. I > > > though they were 70’s era boats. Looks like I was wrong according the > > > hull number – ZCCM0020M781 Any body want to comment on the number? > > > > > > Our rendezvous have been quite interesting and just a social > > > hour or so to meet other C&C Owners. Zoom removes all the boundaries and > > > Covid-19 restrictions. > > > > > > Our next rendezvous will probably be either 19-20th or > > > 26-27th of October. Let me know which you prefer. > > > > > > Stay safe – Stu > > > > > > [C&C_Mega_30] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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