There seem to be two schools of thought about what makes a good passage making boat.
Traditionalists prefer something big, heavy and slow. So you can carry a lot of food, water, and spares on long passages, and so you can survive the bad weather that invariably will catch up with you. The other view is a preference for something large enough for stores, well-built enough for safety, and fast enough that (with modern weather routing) you can sail away from bad weather. My C&C 38 falls into the second category. When I get around to a couple of planned projects to add wind and solar, and upgrade the communications, I plan to go to the Med. I have no desire to sail her across the Atlantic on her own bottom (For a few grand I can send her to Mallorca on a transport ship, sail the Med, and come home to the Caribbean with the ARC). But I know of a couple of 38s and at least one 38LF that have been around the world. So I’m sure she would handle the Atlantic crossing. Rick Brass Washington, NC From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Barbara L. Hickson via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 8:41 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Barbara L. Hickson <blhick...@yahoo.com> Subject: Stus-List C&C as offshore boat I’ve always read that all C&Cs were “coastal cruisers”. The odd boat that lands in New Zealand or the Med were lucky with weather windows but I personally would not bank on traveling the world in any of them. Too light in build compared to other true offshore boats. I sailed to Bermuda to Brazil thru the Caribbean in a British built Bowman and never felt safer even in 50 mph gales. Would never do that in my 33. Great boat tho and have sailed her from Savannah to the Chesapeake and back.
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