Thanks, Rob. I didn't realize Buzzy Schofield hadn't commissioned Arieto. I sailed with both him and Russell on their nearly identical Frers 46s called Arieto and Destination. They were very close friends and their boat captains were brothers! Andy
Andrew Burton 26 Beacon Hill Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ +401 965-5260 > On Oct 15, 2020, at 17:35, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > The first C&C 43 was Arieto, commissioned by Mason Pearsall in 1970. She did > very well in the 1971 SORC, and was later owned by Albert Schofield who raced > her in the 1972 SORC. Alethea was a slightly later model with a modified aft > end and a new more vertical rudder. She won Division B in the 1973 SORC. I > believe there were 15 or 16 C&C 43s built, including #2 Destination -owned > by Russell Hoyt, Endurance - by Roger Derusha (Dean Derusha monitors this > site), Caprice owned originally, I believe, by John Fergus, #5 was Avanti > owned Sid Bregman and later by the artist Christopher Pratt who named her > Dry Fly, #8 was Rampage owned John Odenbach and then by Randy Bell, #9 – > Butterfly – Bruce Sully, #10 – Night Train – Blair Vedder, #11 was > commisiond by Dean Stiles of Belvedere, CA, but I can't remember her name. > The last C&C 43 built was Long Reach owned by Dick Scott of Hamilton, ON. If > anyone can fill in the gaps in my memory, I would be grateful! > > Rob Mazza > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 10:21 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > <image001.gif> > 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 > > October is the time to show your appreciation with a small contribution to > this 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 > October is the time to show your appreciation with a small contribution to > this 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
October is the time to show your appreciation with a small contribution to this 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
