I know someone that had to do some core repairs on a C&C 40. The boat had sat on the hard for years with water in the bilge and the freeze-thaw cycles had cracked the hull from the inside.
He said it wasn’t a lot of money, just a lot of PITA work under the boat grinding and laminating. Now if you had to pay someone by the hour……OUCH! Joe Della Barba [email protected] From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Godwin via CnC-List Sent: Friday, March 25, 2016 8:44 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Dave Godwin <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Stus-List now cored hulls If that happened to me I’d be a hater too. I know of a couple, through friends of ours, that bought C&C 40 hull #1. They raced it and spent winters in the Bahamas on it. We spoke with them often as we were acquiring our 37 about some of the pros and cons of C&C’s. As a new C&C owner I was quite concerned about big issues that might surface. They loved their C&C and had mostly good things to say about it. However, they said the deck leaked like a friggin’ rainforest. It was wet mess. Maybe the company was rushing to get the boat on the market and to the boat shows and as a result of moving fast, corners were cut and fittings not installed to spec. Who knows? The good news for them was that C&C replaced the entire deck. There are a goodly number of 40’s out there that folks are not having problems with. I know that about 5 years ago my 37 was given a very thorough moisture test, from the inside and the outside and it came up quite dry. I guess that sometimes you get good ones and sometimes you get bad ones. /says Dave as he looks at his 1-year old Ram 1500 EcoDiesel just back in the driveway with a new motor, radiator, oil-cooler, heater core, hoses and water pump.../ Best, Dave Godwin 1982 C&C 37 - Ronin Reedville - Chesapeake Bay Ronin’s Overdue Refit <http://roninrebuild.blogspot.com/> On Mar 25, 2016, at 7:11 PM, Tim Goodyear via CnC-List <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Not being an owner of a C&C any more, you may lump me with the haters, but I am really looking forward to delivering Mojito (C&C 35-3, the same as you're looking at) from Branford CT up to Newport for her final trip with us in a couple of weeks. Having said that, I have spent more than the purchase price replacing core in the hull and the decks, so get a good surveyor, who know what they are doing on 30 year-old cored hulls, and go into the purchase informed! The interior skin on the 35-3 is fairly thin and the repairers seem to think initial moisture intrusion was from that direction, not from outside. I couldn't see anywhere that fasteners had been used inappropriately to cause the damage. Tim Ex Mojito C&C 35-3 On Mar 25, 2016, at 3:01 PM, John Pennie via CnC-List <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: So this really does beg the question. Has anyone had firsthand experience with a hull core issue? Decks are understandable - lots of holes from hardware. Rudders are understandable - big post. But as I think about this (and despite all the internet chatter on the subject) I can only recall a very few stories and have never had any first hand issues with the hull itself. Curious what everyone else’s experience has been. John On Mar 25, 2016, at 2:43 PM, Jean-Francois J Rivard via CnC-List <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Hi Chris, C&C pretty much invented using cored hulls on production sailboats, that was previously reserved for high end offshore racing powerboats.. Their fiberglass layups were also 2nd to none.. They really did put in the extra effort and you can see that when you start looking at the details. You read the cored hulls horror stories on other forums, mostly from internet "experts" that have never seen a C&C up-close. They typically just see us from a distance while we're blowing them away. :-) Seriously, if the boat has been reasonably well taken care of it will last a long long time Make sure you get a good survey and ask lots of questions from the prior owner.. Antoine Rose crossed the Atlantic twice in a 1973 C&C 30 MK I. He sailed it from Montreal QC to Brest France. Read the story of the way from Canada to France here <http://www.cncphotoalbum.com/CnC30_Crosses_Atlantic/index.pdf> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com/CnC30_Crosses_Atlantic/index.pdf He's brought it back since.. -Francois Rivard 1990 34+ "Take Five" Lake Lanier, GA > On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 12:01 PM, Chris Hobson via CnC-List < > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: > > I?m new to C&C world, recently narrowed down my boat search to a C&C and > currently have my eye on two that are on the market: a 1986 C&C 35 MKIII > and a 1979 C&C 36. Have heard the good/bad and I?m told it all comes down > to a good surveyor (if anyone knows a good surveyor with C&C knowledge > please send them my way!) and I have to say I?m a bit apprehensive about a > 30+ year old boat with cored hull and topsides. But I?m curious what others > have to say about this topic or if there?s anything they might expand upon > outside of what I?ve noted above. > > > Many thanks, > Chris > > > Chris Hobson, Owner > HobsonBuildsCo.com <http://hobsonbuildsco.com/> < > <http://hobsonbuildsco.com/> http://hobsonbuildsco.com/> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > 416-436-1037 > Regards _____ François Rivard 4111 Northside Pkwy, Nw <Mail Attachment.gif> Big Data Black Belt Atlanta, 30327-3015 IBM Sales & Distribution, Software Sales Usa Mobile: 770-639-0429 e-mail: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions are greatly appreciated! _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. 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