Hank, I enjoyed that story and the later one about special items built for customers. You were lucky to be involved with C&C during the heady days of the 70’s and 80’s boat design and building.
FWIW, I’ve been working on masking and taping the decks of our boat over the last week and am finishing up the job prior to shooting the topcoat this weekend. During this process I have noticed, to my amusement, that the deck mold was not exactly symmetrical. The port scupper gutter is a good 1” further away from the toerail as compared to the same thing on the starboard side. The main cabin hatch placement is not quite on the centerline. I’ve had other boats of that era and none of them were any different. Goes with the territory and I really couldn’t care less. I’m certain that if someone were to step aboard it would be one of the last things that they notice. These days, with the advent of CNC cutting and highly automated manufacturing at companies like Beneteau I doubt that those “anomalies” are present. But then, I don’t really want a Beneteau… For informational purposes, my year and model C&C had gold (yellow?) mylar originally which I removed and replaced with more gold mylar some years back. This time around I opted to use a metallic gold paint from Awlgrip. And to the OP, absolutely use the 3M Stripe Off Wheel. Makes very, very short work of it. Best, Dave Godwin 1982 C&C 37 - Ronin Reedville - Chesapeake Bay Ronin’s Overdue Refit <http://roninrebuild.blogspot.com/> > On Nov 15, 2016, at 7:33 PM, henry evans via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > When I first joined C&C Yachts in 77, I think the coves and stars (arrows) > were painted. They went to mylar for the stripes shortly thereafter. A few > years later they put a gap in the cove so the boat name could be painted > there. The stars remained gold painted. Later on we offered the cove and > stars in a variety of colors to match boot stripes. The stars remained > painted long after the coves went to mylar, but eventually they went mylar > tape too. > > It is interesting that the stars and diamond next to them were never > standardized. If you look at C&C's over the years some of the stars are > short and stubby, some of them are long and pointed and everything in > between. I remember suggesting to George, Rob and David that the stars had > become a "signature" of C&C and should be standardized. That never happened > while I was there. I think it depended on who was making the hull plug and > the hull molds as to how the stars looked. > > A side story about coves and stars : Butch Cannon headed up a very > successful, nationwide architectural firm and was a Past Commodore of the > Youngstown Yacht Club in Youngstown, N.Y. which is right across the river > from Niagara On The Lake where C&C's were built. He was also a member of > RCYC, a legendary racer on Lake Ontario and had many C&C's over the years. > While I was working there, he went to RCR Yachts for a new C&C 37. Don Finkle > at RCR Yachts in Youngstown sold him the boat and sent Butch over to see me > at the NOTL plant to work out the details of what he wanted on the boat. > After all the specifics of winches, halyards, etc. he pulled a grey plastic > vacuum cleaner nozzle out of his brief case and said "Hank, this is the color > I want my boot stipe, cove and stars". I told him we would try and later in > the day went to the plant manager with the nozzle and told him what Butch > wanted. Everyone at C&C knew Butch and the plant manger just nodded and took > the nozzle with a smile. The 37 was about 80% complete when Butch again > visited the plant to see her abuilding. He looked at the boot top, cove and > stars and questioned if that was the right color grey ? I just happened to > have the vacuum nozzle in my pocket, pulled it out and held it up to the > stars. The color match was perfect ! Butch just smiled and I handed him > back his nozzle. Butch did well racing his 37 and became a good friend and > mentor when I served as Commodore of the Youngstown Yacht Club in 1985. We > lost him about five years ago, well into his 80's. > > Cheers, > > Hank >
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