Bailey
I have one of those earlier C&C 35 Mk2 ('74 #255) and have _not_ tried
to attach the bulkheads to the overhead. She does work in heavy air.
Two years ago the original outboard holding tank failed, which I had to
remove by dismantling the head's bulkheads and cabinetry. I replaced
all screws with slightly larger ones since more than 50% were missing or
stripped. I put a new holding tank under the v berth and replaced all
the screws connect the glass to the wood cabinetry in the forward cabin
- 75 % were missing or backed out. We are not shy about pushing her
hard in the last 40 years I have raced her. Last year hit 11.8 kts in a
double-hander spin run. She does creak and grown. The most annoying
thing is the head door will not stay close and bangs open when we are
working her hard. About ten years ago I did an experiment at the dock
of running a line from pulpit to pulpit (weight and small block at bow
for constant tension) and ran the backstay up to 3000 psi - the line
rose 2" up the mast (original unbending, telephone pole mast). The most
tension I will put on backstay when sailing in very heavy air is 2200 -
2500 PSI. Since we still compete in the top 10% of PHRF races, I have
no intention of changing the original set up.
Don Kern
/Fireball/, C&C35 Mk2
Bristol RI
On 6/10/2020 12:07 PM, Bailey White via CnC-List wrote:
Has anyone added material to tie the bulkheads to the liners for those
earlier boats? I wasn't sure if the liner could take it or if some
work would need to be done to grind out the liner and fiberglass
directly to the hull laminate, which would be more involved and error
prone.
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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 12:39:15 +0000
Subject: Re: Stus-List Rob Ball comment on 41 "robustness"
Earlier C&C’s had the bulkheads ‘floating’ in the headliner groove,
and as we got into larger sizes (bigger loads) those tie downs were
the solution.
On the C&C 40, there were a lot of warranty claims for those leaks,
and eventually it was decided to stiffen up things to prevent this.
The first boat was the new C&C 35 and the bulkheads were ‘tabbed’ to
the deck – much stiffer . . . . BUT . . . . it meant that the
headliner, which is installed on the deck when it’s upside down, had
to leave space for the tabbing after the deck is placed on the hull.
And then those spaces had to be covered up with separate pieces to
blend with the headliner after the tabbing . . . . Much more labor and
cost . . .
But – a much stiffer boat – the sailmakers loved the straighter
headstay . .
Victory by the designer over the accountants . . . .
The downside, other than cost is that when you hit a rock – the damage
is more extensive, because the boat is now actually more brittle . . .
Rob Ball C&C 34
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