Hi JP, Yes, welcome back, and congratulations on your fine taste. ;-)
The first C&C 43 was *Arieto*, commissioned by Mason Pearsall in 1970. She did very well in the 1971 SORC, and was later owned by Albert Schofield who raced her in the 1972 SORC. *Alethea* was a slightly later model with a modified aft end and a new more vertical rudder. She won Division B in the 1973 SORC. I believe there were 15 or 16 C&C 43s built, including #2 Destination -owned by Russell Hoyt, *Endurance* - by Roger Derusha (Dean Derusha monitors this site), *Caprice* owned originally, I believe, by John Fergus, #5 was *Avanti* owned Sid Bregman and later by the artist Christopher Pratt who named her *Dry Fly*, #8 was *Rampage* owned John Odenbach and then by Randy Bell, #9 – *Butterfly* – Bruce Sully, #10 – *Night Train* – Blair Vedder, #11 was commisiond by Dean Stiles of Belvedere, CA, but I can't remember her name. The last C&C 43 built was *Long Reach* owned by Dick Scott of Hamilton, ON. If anyone can fill in the gaps in my memory, I would be grateful! Rob Mazza On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 10:21 AM <ja...@jpiworldwide.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > > > Well, after a few years of wishing I had a boat again, I am back on the > list! > > I am so excited I am making puddles under my chair… > > > > A few days ago I purchased Alethea, a C&C 43-1! > > > > Whew… long dry spell. > > > > I had been on this list and had a C&C 34 called “Gabriella” that I brought > up river from Seattle To Clarkston Washington and sailed it there a few > years ago, then sold it to a great couple in the Tri-Cities of Washington > because life had started taking some crazy twists as it often can. I had > owned several “cruising” boats before…but I was spoiled by “Gabby”. Her > balance underway was incredible and for a smaller racer/cruiser she was > pretty comfortable…even lived aboard for a few months on her and just felt > at home. > > I loved my C&C but decided to just look at boat ads for a couple years > waiting to find “the just right one” again… I didn’t plan on buying another > C&C but wanted a decent cruising boat as I am getting to that stage in life > where extended cruising is now a possibility. > > > > So… in my search for a new boat… I kept drifting back to a C&C. To be > fair, I had considered everything from a Morgan to Petersen to CT-47 and > dozens of other boats in all configurations (even thought about a Amel > Maramu I kinda liked, but decided it would be good to be able to eat while > I cruised and figured it was a bit out of the budget). So after a dozen or > sea trials, discussions with every owner about their boat I was interested > in, I decided on the CT-47…. then when I was about to pull the trigger on > the CT, I saw the C&C 43… I couldn’t find a reason not to buy her. I looked > at the pictures I was sent of the boat and remembered why I loved Gabby… I > am not a hard core racer, but a little speed never hurt anyone… she looked > like she was screaming through the water at breakneck speed tied to the > dock. She was well fitted, clean, and the owner had some pride in her. The > survey said she was in good shape…and once again… I was hooked. When you > look at a C&C’s numbers and performance as a cruiser rather than a racer, > they may be a bit light, but they stand up well statistically to other > cruisers… https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/cc-43-1 > > > > As of now Alethea is laying in the Long Beach Ca. area and I am trying to > figure out if I wanna sail her next summer up to the Seattle area or move > her by truck to Seattle now…Any thoughts? Know of any deals on trucking? I > could sail her up next summer when the weather is better in the Pacific for > a few weeks… but I also want to get her on the hard this winter and start > fitting her for extended cruising. As of last Tuesday she is going through > the documentation process here in the States as I wanted her to be a > documented vessel for my cruising purposes. > > > > I am glad to be on the Stu’s list again… I always found this community to > be well versed in the C&C world, and you all were a great help with Gabby. > I appreciated the input everyone had… > > > > Currently Alethea has a modest set of sails, a Pathfinder 50 engine, some > average electronics, and the previous owner had kept her up on the inside. > I plan on mounting a windlass, redoing and adding some electronics, going > through the engine (never worked on a Pathfinder before, but I understand > they are a Volkswagen engine and parts are cheap and easy…)… adding an > autopilot and possibly a windvane, Solar and other power, perhaps mount a > generator in there somewhere, a watermaker, refrigeration re-do (I know… it > sounds like she is getting heavy), add some tankage… and a few other > upgrades… Is the mast far enough back to turn her into a cutter? Gabby had > a jack-stay for rig tuning I think, but I never used it for flying a > staysail or storm sail….An extra knot on a long passage never hurts > either…So I am studying conversions from sloop to cutter… will it screw up > the legendary balance of a C&C? I’m not sure a Solient rig is right for a > C&C, anyone have any ideas? Leave the rig alone? > > > > I’d also like to know more about her history… I have seen some threads on > different forums about a boat of similar name but as far as I can tell that > one lies on the Great Lakes or East Coast now… Alethea was her “original” > name as best I can find out, but she was also known as Orange Peel a couple > years ago in the Southern California area…I am going to use her “original > name” of Alethea… Orange Peel just doesn’t do it for me. > > > > Any help with info would be much appreciated as would ideas on what to do > with upgrades for cruising, Pathfinder Engines, cutter rigs on C&C and so > on… > > > > Pics will be posted once I start work on her… > > > > Thanks and hello again! > > > JP > > > October is the time to show your appreciation with a small contribution to > this list to help offset the costs. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > - Stu
October is the time to show your appreciation with a small contribution to this list to help offset the costs. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
