Peter,
Welcome to the list and C&C ownership. See embedded comments below.
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA
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> From: Peter Delean <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 6:18 PM
>Subject: Stus-List Introduction
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>Greetings, from a recent purchaser of a 1980 C&C 30, sailing out of
>Penetanguishene, Ontario.
>
>Last weekend (July 5-7) I sailed the boat with a buddy to its home port from
>Gore Bay, ON, on Manitoulin Island, a trip of roughly 160 nautical miles. SW
>winds were not as heavy as we would have liked, but we did get six hours of
>great sailing in, averaging 5-6 knots. It was the first time I've sailed a
>boat that needed no attention at the helm unless there was a change in wind
>strength.
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>For those who know Georgian Bay, we spent the first night at Club Island, and
>the second night at Beckwith Island, east side. From there Penetang was an
>easy reach on Sunday morning.
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>The boat will be used for cruising and overnighting, not so much for racing.
>The boat has a Yanmar 2GM diesel, a motor that saw plenty of action last
>weekend. It appeared to get very good mileage.
>
>Areas I would like to clear up: batteries and electrical (I don't like the
>location of the battery switch under the bulkhead, and don't like the original
>DC panel or its location). Any recommendations would be appreciated.
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>>>Second the recommendation on Blue Sea panels. I made my own panels using
>>>Ancor blanks and breakers. $$ savings vs function and aesthetics wasn't
>>>worth it. I'd use pre-made Blue Sea Panels if I had to do it again.
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>The head seems to have a case of "gastric reflux" in heavy seas. I want to get
>that fixed. Anybody have one of those new composting toilets, and do they
>actually work?
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>Electronics: I have Nexus wind instruments ready to go. I'd like to have the
>screens installed on a pod at the helm, with chartplotter, etc.
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>>>I have Nexus and love them. I mounted one display on the bulkhead for the
>>>crew and one at the helm for the driver. The helm display is mounted in a
>>>pod I made from StarBoard. I can send pics if you like.
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>Motor gauges: located in a spot anyone over a foot tall can't see. Can this be
>improved?
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>Refrigeration: looking at options for shore power cooling.
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>>>Recommend Isotherm ASU system or Technautics system.
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>I love these projects, and expect to have a few things done by next spring. In
>the meantime I will sail it as much as I can this year to understand how the
>boat responds in different wind/wave conditions.
>
>As an aside, my experience with these types of forums/lists has been mainly
>with the long distance motorcycling community. They are ruthless when people
>respond without trimming excess paragraphs from the post. You guys/gals are
>much more polite.
>
>Hope to meet many of you on the water. My sailing goal is to make it up to
>Mackinac in the next year or two, then who knows from there.
>
>Peter Delean
>North Bay, ON
>Drifter II
>C&C 30 Mk1
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