I singlehand my 40 all the time. It's pretty easy with a furling jib. I prefer using a 100% jib to make tacking easy...just because I'd rather turn the wheel than a winch handle. As others have noted, the autopilot is key. And with the autopilot, there's no need to bring halyards and reef lines back to the cockpit--as a matter of fact, I moved all my strings back to the mast to reduce the spaghetti in the cockpit. The only lines I have in the cockpit now are the sheets and furling and traveller lines. I had one sunset sail after a very stressful day at work last summer where I sailed off the mooring and ghosted once around the harbor, cold beer in hand and sailed back onto the mooring an hour later. My wife said the change in my voice before and after was amazing. I love my boat.
Andy C&C 40 Peregrine Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ +401 965-5260 On Jan 2, 2014, at 14:17, "Rick Brass" <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with Rich, sailing my 38 is easier than sailing my 25. A bigger boat > is a lot less sensitive to minor variations in wind and to waves, so it is > more stable and forgiving. I imagine a LF38 would even be easier than my boat. > > I single hand between 80 and 90% of the time. All lines are lead to the > cockpit (including all halyards, vang and cunningham.) The control lines for > the bridgedeck traveler are set up to be adjusted from behind the wheel. A > good autopilot makes a big difference and lets you raise sails, reef, etc > without having a Chinese fire drill, and lets you focus on sail handling and > trim when sailing. > > Anyone who saw me trying to grind the big primary winches while steering with > my knee, during the CRYC Rendezvous last summer can testify that having self > tailing winches within reach of the wheel is also a good idea. > > Rick Brass > Imzadi -1976 C&C 38 mk1 > la Belle Aurore -1975 C&C 25 mk1 > Washington, NC > > BTW, thinking of the CRYC Rendezvous last July prompts me to ask: Joe, when > is the event in 2014 and is there any interest in using the Baltimore Light > Race and CRYC event as a 2014 Chesapeake Bay Rendezvous? > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rich > Knowles > Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 12:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Stus-List single handing a C&C 38 > > I sail mine solo often. I have the main halyard and mainsail adjustment and > reefing lines led to the cockpit so there is little reason to race around the > deck. I find that if I do things in an orderly way, sailing a 38 footer is no > harder than sailing my old 22 footer. > > Rich > > > On Jan 2, 2014, at 13:31, [email protected] wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I am think about upgrading to a larger vessel in the near future. I > > currently sail my C&C 29 as a weekend cruiser almost every weekend except > > for a few miserable summer weekends. But I also like to do some gulf > > sailing ranging from the FL Panhandle to the Keys. > > > > I am currently fancying the early 1980's vintage C&C 38 Landfall. From > > what I have read and have seen these are wonderful boats. Now I enjoy > > sailing my 29 single handed which is about half the time I sail. To those > > who know the 38 well, can they be sailed reasonable solo? > > > > Thanks for any advise. > > > > - > > Paul E. > > 1979 C&C 29 Mk1 > > S/V Johanna Rose > > Carrabelle, FL > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected]
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