Tall rigs will give you fits if you ever travel down the ICW. Bob
Bob Boyer s/v Rainy Days C&C Landfall 38 (Hull # 230) (Spending winters in warm places, and summers on the Chesapeake Bay) blog: dainyrays.blogspot.com email: [email protected] > On Mar 22, 2021, at 10:30 AM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am pretty sure the centerboard versions are not the tall mast boats. Draft > issues aside, the tall mast would be nice around here, lack of wind is a much > more common issue than too much. I once watched a C&C 44 trounce a fleet of > smaller C&Cs in light air, what breeze there was existed above everyone > else’s sails but the 44. > Anyway – back to the video – that looks like absolute sailing heaven. We > almost never seem to be that lucky. Notice it was relatively dry and no > banging. We seem to get more often than not is confused seas, say two > different sets in the 10-15-20 foot range that will occasionally combine and > drop a mountain of water on the boat. Even two sets of 10 footers will make > the occasional 20 footer. Then there was the “toilet bowl”, one time at the > edge of the Gulf Stream we got drenched by waves from port, starboard, and > then aft in short succession. The 35 MK I does well with coming back up at > least, a big breaking wave can lay you over and she just pops right back up – > no worries 😊 > > Joe > Coquina > > From: dwight veinot via CnC-List <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 22, 2021 10:09 AM > To: Stus-List <[email protected]> > Cc: dwight veinot <[email protected]> > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Stus-List Re: C&C 40 > > From the Dellenbaugh Angle calculation the C&C 40 tall mast is quite tender. > The 30 MK1 is very stiff and the 35 MKI is in the sweet spot. This diagram > predicts well what I have observed with the C&C designs i have sailed. > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
