jarel.
Ensure your engine is a Volkswagen Pathfinder marine diesel 50 hp and if
the engine has a 'timing belt'.....some VW diesels have a timing belt
and when it breaks, so does the engine.
A club member here just experienced it this season.
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - #277
Halifax, N.S.
On 10/15/2020 11:21 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Hi All,
Well, after a few years of wishing I had a boat again, I am back on
the list!
I am so excited I am making puddles under my chair…
A few days ago I purchased Alethea, a C&C 43-1!
Whew… long dry spell.
I had been on this list and had a C&C 34 called “Gabriella” that I
brought up river from Seattle To Clarkston Washington and sailed it
there a few years ago, then sold it to a great couple in the
Tri-Cities of Washington because life had started taking some crazy
twists as it often can. I had owned several “cruising” boats
before…but I was spoiled by “Gabby”. Her balance underway was
incredible and for a smaller racer/cruiser she was pretty
comfortable…even lived aboard for a few months on her and just felt at
home.
I loved my C&C but decided to just look at boat ads for a couple years
waiting to find “the just right one” again… I didn’t plan on buying
another C&C but wanted a decent cruising boat as I am getting to that
stage in life where extended cruising is now a possibility.
So… in my search for a new boat… I kept drifting back to a C&C. To be
fair, I had considered everything from a Morgan to Petersen to CT-47
and dozens of other boats in all configurations (even thought about a
Amel Maramu I kinda liked, but decided it would be good to be able to
eat while I cruised and figured it was a bit out of the budget). So
after a dozen or sea trials, discussions with every owner about their
boat I was interested in, I decided on the CT-47…. then when I was
about to pull the trigger on the CT, I saw the C&C 43… I couldn’t find
a reason not to buy her. I looked at the pictures I was sent of the
boat and remembered why I loved Gabby… I am not a hard core racer, but
a little speed never hurt anyone… she looked like she was screaming
through the water at breakneck speed tied to the dock. She was well
fitted, clean, and the owner had some pride in her. The survey said
she was in good shape…and once again… I was hooked. When you look at a
C&C’s numbers and performance as a cruiser rather than a racer, they
may be a bit light, but they stand up well statistically to other
cruisers… https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/cc-43-1
As of now Alethea is laying in the Long Beach Ca. area and I am trying
to figure out if I wanna sail her next summer up to the Seattle area
or move her by truck to Seattle now…Any thoughts? Know of any deals on
trucking? I could sail her up next summer when the weather is better
in the Pacific for a few weeks… but I also want to get her on the hard
this winter and start fitting her for extended cruising. As of last
Tuesday she is going through the documentation process here in the
States as I wanted her to be a documented vessel for my cruising
purposes.
I am glad to be on the Stu’s list again… I always found this community
to be well versed in the C&C world, and you all were a great help with
Gabby. I appreciated the input everyone had…
Currently Alethea has a modest set of sails, a Pathfinder 50 engine,
some average electronics, and the previous owner had kept her up on
the inside. I plan on mounting a windlass, redoing and adding some
electronics, going through the engine (never worked on a Pathfinder
before, but I understand they are a Volkswagen engine and parts are
cheap and easy…)… adding an autopilot and possibly a windvane, Solar
and other power, perhaps mount a generator in there somewhere, a
watermaker, refrigeration re-do (I know… it sounds like she is getting
heavy), add some tankage… and a few other upgrades… Is the mast far
enough back to turn her into a cutter? Gabby had a jack-stay for rig
tuning I think, but I never used it for flying a staysail or storm
sail….An extra knot on a long passage never hurts either…So I am
studying conversions from sloop to cutter… will it screw up the
legendary balance of a C&C? I’m not sure a Solient rig is right for a
C&C, anyone have any ideas? Leave the rig alone?
I’d also like to know more about her history… I have seen some threads
on different forums about a boat of similar name but as far as I can
tell that one lies on the Great Lakes or East Coast now… Alethea was
her “original” name as best I can find out, but she was also known as
Orange Peel a couple years ago in the Southern California area…I am
going to use her “original name” of Alethea… Orange Peel just doesn’t
do it for me.
Any help with info would be much appreciated as would ideas on what to
do with upgrades for cruising, Pathfinder Engines, cutter rigs on C&C
and so on…
Pics will be posted once I start work on her…
Thanks and hello again!
JP
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list to help offset the costs. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to
send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
