Here's my take on the centerboard:
We generally drop the board as soon as we are in deep enough water to ensure we
won't touch bottom. Here in West Florida, touching bottom is a real and
present danger as you go in & out of harbors, and even in the intracoastal. To
have anything more than 5' of draft here is far less than ideal, and will limit
your harbor choices. Our centerboard is very heavy, and not only requires the
winch to raise it, but the low-speed function is needed as it reaches the top
of the board travel.
Our harbor fouls bottoms pretty quickly, but our board has never been stuck.
That said, the boat sat for =/- 7 years with very limited use in Marco Island
before we bought her, and we had to pry the centerboard down a little during
the survey.
Our biggest concern is that of cable maintenance (which so far we have no real
experience with), and braking the cable, which could result in centerboard
damage or the inability to return to our dock until such time as we found a way
to pull it up with other lines & winches, which given the shape of our board
might prove problematic.
Finally, she points like crazy with the board down!
That said, little of this may apply to your prospect boat...
Bruce Whitmore
1994 C&C 37/40+, "Astralis", Madiera Beach, FL
(847) 404-5092 (mobile)
bwhitm...@sbcglobal.net
From: jackbrennan via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2018 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: Stus-List Tell me about the 35 MKIII-CB
You'll love the shallow draft in Florida. It opens the possibility of great
cruising that would be blocked to you with a 6-foot draft.
It's increasingly common for centerboard owners to replace the ss cable and
Nicropress fitting with Amsteel Blue or a similar high-tech line of the same
diameter.
On my current boat (not a C&C), I used an Amsteel Blue line for seven years on
the CB before replacing it in June. The rigger said I wasted my money; the line
was like brand-new.
The line is secured to the CB by making an eye and putting a few wraps through
it. The tricky part is taping the line to the cable and easing it through.
Jack BrennanFormer C&C 25Shanachie, 1974 Bristol 30Tierra Verde, Fl.
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From: Sean Richardson via CnC-List
Date:01/16/2018 1:37 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: CnC-List
Cc: Sean Richardson
Subject: Stus-List Tell me about the 35 MKIII-CB
Calling on the collective C&C brain trust! I’m giving serious consideration to
a 35 MKIII CB and wouldappreciate any advice on what to look out for with the
MKIII in general as wellspecifics of the center board version if anyone has
any. The boat is single owner freshwater and by all accounts sofar appears to
be in very good condition. She checks off many of therequirement boxes for our
next boat but I’m a little torn on the CB with mainconcerns being how it
effects performance/stability as well as requiredmaintenance. I’ve heard the
center board version is quite tender. Weeventually plan to sail out the St.
Lawrence to the Maritimes one summer, parkthe boat, then return the following
season to continue on down the US Eastcoast (ICW) to Florida then on to the
Bahamas. The board up shallow draft willbe good for the ICW and Bahamas portion
but how would this boat fare in themore 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 willrequire frequent
attention to clean marine growth and avoid jamming the boardin either the up or
down position. And how difficult would it be if one had toreplace the SS
lifting strop with the boat in the water? The more I think about the center
board the more troubles Isee down the
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