I am pretty sure the centerboard versions are not the tall mast boats. Draft issues aside, the tall mast would be nice around here, lack of wind is a much more common issue than too much. I once watched a C&C 44 trounce a fleet of smaller C&Cs in light air, what breeze there was existed above everyone else’s sails but the 44. Anyway – back to the video – that looks like absolute sailing heaven. We almost never seem to be that lucky. Notice it was relatively dry and no banging. We seem to get more often than not is confused seas, say two different sets in the 10-15-20 foot range that will occasionally combine and drop a mountain of water on the boat. Even two sets of 10 footers will make the occasional 20 footer. Then there was the “toilet bowl”, one time at the edge of the Gulf Stream we got drenched by waves from port, starboard, and then aft in short succession. The 35 MK I does well with coming back up at least, a big breaking wave can lay you over and she just pops right back up – no worries 😊
Joe Coquina From: dwight veinot via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2021 10:09 AM To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: dwight veinot <dwight...@gmail.com> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Stus-List Re: C&C 40 From the Dellenbaugh Angle calculation the C&C 40 tall mast is quite tender. The 30 MK1 is very stiff and the 35 MKI is in the sweet spot. This diagram predicts well what I have observed with the C&C designs i have sailed.
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