My 35 has been to Bermuda and back 3 times. We have a 30 on the list someplace that has crossed the Atlantic and I know of a 35 that went around the world. With some obvious exceptions (SR series) C&Cs are fine for offshore IMHO. We saw all kind of weather including around 50 knots and breaking seas at spreader height – say 20 something feet. We were wet and got banged around and went really fast ☺ You can see some references to this here: http://www.dellabarba.com/sailing/ Here is an excerpt: We ended up leaving right at noon into a freshening breeze and put the hammer down with a reefed main and number 3. By breakfast we were down to a double reefed main and working jib. I was making pancakes on the stove when we saw a steel ketch to windward of us. They were running under bare poles and looked to be rolling so bad they might capsize to windward or leeward. We did 170 miles noon-to-noon the first day out. By the second day we were beam reaching in 20 foot breaking seas with the rail down under double reefed main and storm jib. Steering was like the best thrill ride ever invented combined with sitting at the bottom of Niagara Falls with speeds in the double digits as we surfed down the face of the waves. Our second noon-to-noon was 180 miles, which still stands as our 24 hour record. When we got in VHF range to call home everyone thought we had turned around because of the storm and gone back to Bermuda. Not so, we were getting ready to put in to Cape May for a steak dinner and showers.
Others including the 30 mentioned have been out in worse than that. Also see this: http://www.dellabarba.com/sailing/gor/GOR.html Joe Coquina C&C 35 MK I From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Joel Aronson via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 11:50 AM To: cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Stus-List C&C as offshore boat? Shawn, I'm still lurking here. My 35-3, a 37, Impromptu, and Rick's LF 38 have all been to Bermuda. Personally, I consider 35 the minimum for offshore, but obviously, others have different standards. Never saw winds over 30 (on the return) and never felt unsafe. Joel Formerly The Office On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 11:21 AM Shawn Wright via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: I'm going to switch things up a bit from the gloomy topic of my current boat purchase: how many of you have taken your C&C offshore, and if so, which boat, where to, and how did it manage the conditions? If you have not gone offshore, what are the worst conditions you've experienced in a C&C, and how would the performance of the boat in these conditions make you feel about taking it offshore? One of the very first boats we looked at was a Westsail 32 (don't laugh), partly because they are proven world cruisers, and the boat has been from BC to NZ and back. But with our fickle air in the summer here, a good light air boat seems like a better choice, but I also want something that can take a beating without worrying about our safety. -- Shawn Wright shawngwri...@gmail.com<mailto:shawngwri...@gmail.com> _______________________________________________ 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 -- Joel 301 541 8551
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