Sounds like you are doing pretty good with your C&C 24 and that she is well equipped for racing. I owned and raced a 1976 C&C 24 back in the early '80 but mine may not have been as well equipped as yours is. It did have an inboard Volvo penta engine but I installed a folding prop so I got no adjustment for that engine. We did poorly at first but we got better with experience, and I think you will get better with experience too, but after only five times you are probably quite pleased and rightfully so. Does your boat have a mainsheet traveler? I found the boat to be quite tender and the mainsail was relatively small and the boom was quite high on the mast. We had best results in light air upwind but she would scream under spinnaker in fresh air downwind. She was also very good off the wind and I can remember one very exciting leg in a race where we carried both the No.1 and triradial spinnaker on a broad to beam reach.lots of power there on that day. Our most pleasing result ever was an opening day win in a mixed fleet that included 2 world soling champions sailing their etchells 22's: all boats had fair winds for that race including us but on evening races we often did poorly on the final leg as the wind would die out on us just after the faster boats finished.
Dwight Veinot C&C 35 MKII, Alianna Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS _____ From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ok Sent: April 9, 2013 3:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Stus-List C&C 24 Club Racing Just wondering if there is anyone on the list who is doing or has done any club racing in a C&C 24. I just started racing mine this season in a very mixed fleet on Mobile Bay. It is the Niagara model with what I believe was the race package or all the race rigging items were added later. It has a fresh bottom and a new sails. So far I have done fairly well in our pursuit style races. Unlike some of the comments I found online, I've been able to point fairly well, even in some cases leaving faster boats behind close hauled. In our mixed fleet I am right in the middle of the pack or better. I've only sailed it five times. Close hauled or a close reach things seem fine. Downwind is good. On a beam or broad reach not so great. I'm pretty sure it could be faster. I set up a barber hauler and that has helped with sail shape. I've not been able to find the C&C 24 polars. I figure there is a lot to learn about course strategy and sail trim with this particular boat. I'm pretty much looking for any kind of pointers to help improve race results with my C&C 24. Thanks! _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2240 / Virus Database: 2641/5732 - Release Date: 04/08/13
_______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected]
