Jorge
Alera, 1990 37+/40 Wing Keel here.
This is our 2nd year with Alera, so we are still in the Honeymoon
stage. We are cruisers, so I won't comment on the race capability of
the 47+/40. But, she sure sails like a thoroughbred. Alera was a
great lakes boat with less than 500 hrs on her engine, a real cream
puff. Treated well, and never sailed too hard or raced as far as I
know. I decided on the model and then looked at a bunch before
getting Alera. I felt it was a perfect configuration for my wife and
I and I am convinced I was absolutely correct in that.
I'll echo what Edd said about the cockpit...we are still getting used
to it due to it being so relatively shallow, especially compared to
our 35 MK 1. We added rail seats in the corners of the aft pulpit
which provides additional spots for sitting and helped. Cushions and
pillows also help. Of course, the aft stateroom make it a small
price to pay.
Coming up from a 35 MK1 to the 37+ was a little daunting at first,
but now we fell right at home and the two of us (both in our 60's)
have no trouble with her. On extended cruises we seems to like being
on board more an more as the trip progresses.
I installed Kato Davits and we carry a 9' Avon with a 9.9 taitsu
which seems to balance the anchor, windlass, chain combo nicely. Go figure.
Gert Tiel did our survey and since she had spent most of her life at
Niagara on the Lake (C&C home port) I had a high comfort level in his
ability to spot issues, though we bought her on the hard in the
winter, so locating moisture was not really possible. But no issues
whatsoever. I did hear of a 37+ here in Seattle recently that had
delamination issues, though I do not know if it was with the balsa
core deck or kevlar hull. But that might be a deal killer for
anyone. No deck/hull joint issues on Alera or on any other 37+ that I know of.
As far as I am concerned, Alera is the perfect boat, at least it is
for us. We were on her today, just for a few minutes, and my wife
and I both remarked how great she is and how much we love her..
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.....
Tom B
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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:59:00 +0000
From: "Gomez, Jorge K" <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: Stus-List Looking for 37/40 +, R and XL owners
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Hello C&Cers,
My wife and I are seriously considering a C&C 37/40 XL with a 8ft
fin keel for upcoming double handed cruising and full crewed racing
in the Caribbean (primarily windward and leeward islands)
>From our impressions after a boat visit and short test sail the
boat seems to fit the bill however, as part of the pre-offer due
diligence and research we would like to chat with current and past
owners of these fine boats to gather insight and learn from their
experience. We want to hear it all, the good the bad and the ugly.
If you can spare a few minutes, we would be most grateful. Please
send me a private message and I will be happy to either call you or
exchange emails.
Our biggest questions/concerns in our mind are around:
-Cockpit comfort for long passages/crossings
-Aft cabin ventilation at anchor in hot climates
-How to properly survey the boat given balsa core and Kevlar
mix...heard lots of different opinions here and it is our major
concern at the moment.
-Hull to deck joint, any issues here after 20+ years?
-Sailing behavior in chop going to weather (wet/dry/pounding/hobby horsing)
-How does it behave once you load the bow with a 45lb anchor, a
windlass and the 140ft of chain that we will need to cruise in the
Caribbean (200lbs+)
-Behavior downwind under a full kite in 15 to 25 knots and a following sea.
-Would it sail to its rating in typical Caribbean conditions of
average 12 to 25 knots and moderate chop? (yes, we will junk the big
anchor and chain for racing...) Our competition in the Caribbean
will be a mixed fleet of J35, J95, J105, J109, Dufour 40, Bene 36.7
and 40.7, Sigma 41, Elan 37, etc and we may rate with a 135% as our
largest headsail...looking for advise here...
-Your experience
Since the hull is the same for all the versions (+, R and XL) we
would like to hear from owners of all models..racers and cruisers.
Grateful in advance for your time and advise,
Jorge
Tom Buscaglia
SV Alera
C&C 37+/40
Vashon Island WA
(206) 463-9200
www.sv-alera.com
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