An update: X Dimension is back in Boston, moored at her usual home at Waterboat Marina.
The boat was delivered from Boothbay by MIT's youngest skipper, All American sailor Lisa Sukharev-Chuyan, 24, and her younger brother Max. Lisa picked a good window post-Irma/Jose, before Maria hits New England. The delivery took about 36 hours. If you want to see the skipper's report, email me. So yeah, this boat can sail. XD practically steers herself upwind. I have always been able to balance her in two seconds in any wind. She sails better than any other boat I've ever sailed, when I think about it. So despite her wet core and a list of other problems, this is a great boat. If you have the skills (and the money, sigh) to fix her up, you may end up owning a beautiful C&C cruiser/racer. I have neither the skills to fix XD up myself, nor the money to pay someone else to do it. If I did, I would take the boat myself. Thanks for the replies. I wouldn't make too much out of the one/two winch handles. Maybe one floating handle got lost. >From an MIT engineer point of view, it is good to know how a boat gets cut up. I was wondering about the mechanics of it. Thanks for the details (as gruesome as they are). That's not likely to happen to XD at this point, there seem to be enough interested parties to acquire the boat. Fair winds, Violeta On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 4:31 PM, Edward Levert via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 2:07 PM, Matthew L. Wolford via CnC-List < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Boats I have seen cut into disposable pieces were cut with a sawzall. I >> have seen this happen to a Ranger 26 and a Cal 29. I don’t know why a 43 >> would be much different – it would just take longer. It’s a shame to see. >> >> My Custom 42 had extensive core wet core problems which took about two >> years to repair. The 43 looks very similar to my boat. >> >> *From:* Violeta M Ivanova via CnC-List <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 26, 2017 10:47 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Cc:* Violeta M Ivanova <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: Stus-List MIT's C&C custom 43 X Dimension available for >> free >> >> The MIT bluewater wiki was created and is maintained by MIT volunteers. I >> updated a lot of stuff last year, but have not touched it since last >> December. I have not seen XD this year. I don't know how much has changed >> on the boat and what was reflected on the wiki. >> >> More importantly, if people look at the wiki for reference, the following >> items will *not* be included with the boat: >> >> Handheld VHF radio >> Lifejackets and harnesses >> Dinghy >> MOB light and mount >> Storm jib >> Tools >> Ship's supplies (nuts, bolts, wire, tape, etc.) >> Jacklines >> Buckets >> One of the floating winch handles (one will stay on the boat) >> Foul weather gear >> AIS and splitter >> Radar reflector >> Laptop/iPads >> Chart plotting tools >> Canadian charts >> Garmin GPS >> >> Also, several people from the list have looked at the survey already. It >> seems XD is in worse shape than I'd thought. I am no expert on boat repairs >> -- I have never dealt with wet balsa core or anything like that. I am on >> this list because I am learning a lot from members with vastly more >> experience than I have. I very much appreciate people emailing me back with >> comments. >> >> Maybe someone on the list will acquire XD and we'll read more about it, >> or aybe someone else will acquire her, or maybe the boat will go to the >> cutter. Speaking of which ... >> >> How does one cut up a boat? Seriously, what do you do with a 43-foot >> boat, if you want to destroy it? >> >> I have started calling XD "it", not "she". I guess that's a goodbye. >> >> Violeta >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 1:20 PM, David via CnC-List < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I know the donating owner. Very much the engineer. Not surprising. >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE smartphone >>> >>> >>> -------- Original message -------- >>> From: Lee Youngblood via CnC-List <[email protected]> >>> Date: 9/22/17 8:28 PM (GMT-05:00) >>> To: CnC-List <[email protected]> >>> Cc: Lee Youngblood <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: Stus-List MIT's C&C custom 43 X Dimension available for >>> free >>> >>> Hi All, >>> I may be on the west coast, but check out the MIT/X Dimension wiki - as >>> a broker, I’ve never seen this much info, from an owner on their boat: >>> http://sailing.mit.edu/wiki/index.php/Systems_Descriptions#Anchors >>> >>> Wow, Lee >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. 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Was very > fast and effective as the hulls and decks gave little resistance. > > Ed Levert > C&C 34 Briarpatch > New Orleans, La > > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you > wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All Contributions are greatly appreciated! > >
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