Sean I sailed an O'Day with the shoal draft center board for many years and loved the boat as it removes a lot of anxiety and stress to pull up the board when in shallow water or uncertain areas close to shore or when anchoring. Many times have nosed up to the rocks and tied on shore with an anchor off the stern. You do lose some ability to point close to the wind or we did on the O'Day. Had her many times with triple reef main and storm jib so no issues in a blow. You should replace the centerboard pennant line every 5 years but other than that no issues. So if you sail in shallow waters or places with shallow anchorage the CB boat would fit the bill. I now sail both a C&C 35 mk1 and a C&C 29 mk 2 (please don't ask why two boats) and love the C&C's, their handling, speed, ability to point. I do however have 'rock and anything else that may be hard below the surface' anxiety even with a depth sounder and when I get close to shore or island or when anchoring that anxiety only goes up and I long for the CB pennant to pull up the board for peace of mind. So there is always a compromise. Pick the boat that best suits where and how you plan to sail and enjoy. Cheers James
Sent from my iPad > On Jan 16, 2018, at 12:37 PM, Sean Richardson via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Calling on the collective C&C brain trust! > > > > I’m giving serious consideration to a 35 MKIII CB and would appreciate any > advice on what to look out for with the MKIII in general as well specifics of > the center board version if anyone has any. > > > > The boat is single owner freshwater and by all accounts so far appears to be > in very good condition. She checks off many of the requirement boxes for our > next boat but I’m a little torn on the CB with main concerns being how it > effects performance/stability as well as required maintenance. > > > > I’ve heard the center board version is quite tender. We eventually plan to > sail out the St. Lawrence to the Maritimes one summer, park the boat, then > return the following season to continue on down the US East coast (ICW) to > Florida then on to the Bahamas. The board up shallow draft will be good for > the ICW and Bahamas portion but how would this boat fare in the more > challenging conditions of the St Lawrence and Maritimes? > > > > My other concern is access to the centerboard area for maintenance. I would > assume the slot and pivot area will require frequent attention to clean > marine growth and avoid jamming the board in either the up or down position. > And how difficult would it be if one had to replace the SS lifting strop with > the boat in the water? > > > > The more I think about the center board the more troubles I see down the road. > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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