Richard, I've been giving Rob some time to answer, since he was more involved in the conceptual side of the design than I was. However, with regard to the longevity of the C&C product, one conversation I had with Butch Ulmer and Howie McMichael several years ago over drinks at the Larchmount Yacht Club comes to mind. Both, of course, had been heavily involved in the sales and sails of C&C product, especially on Long Island Sound. I asked them specifically what it was they thought differentiated a C&C from other similar product of the period? Without hesitation and in unison they both said *"quality"*! They went on to elaborate that by "quality" they meant quality throughout the whole organization, from design, to building, through sales and marketing, right up to the Board Room. They remembered dealing with people at all levels of the company who cared about the product and the customer, in both the Custom Shop and in both production plants. With that level of devotion it would have been hard not to build a good product. Of course, because the product was so well designed and built it would last forever, which automatically defied the concept of "planned obsolescence".
With regard to the C&C 37 specifically, I remember that her design was heavily influenced by Big George wanting to steer the design office away from IOR oriented designs, and to a more "cruiser/racer" concept on which the company was originally founded. I recently had a look at the C&C 37 Design Book that resides at the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston, and noted that while I actually wrote the original design brief on the boat,for some reason I actually had very little to do with her design. I'm not sure if that answered your question. If not, perhaps Rob could elaborate further. The boats were just simply well designed and well built. Of course, that is not to say that after 40 years or so of hard use, some don't require and deserve a little TLC. Rob On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 7:28 PM Neil Andersen via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > Don’t forget the 32 😉. > > Neil Andersen > Rock Hall, MD 21661 > 484-354-8800 > ------------------------------ > *From:* Richard Bush via CnC-List <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, June 27, 2021 1:43 PM > > I have been racing on Wednesday nights this year after a hiatus from > racing for about 15-20 years; this is beer can racing, not the balls to the > wall ocean stuff, I am racing my 1985 C&C 37, (cruising sails,135 jib, > bimini, dodger, centerboard, dirty bottom, the list goes on). but I must > say it has really been fun; One of the biggest surprises is that this boat > is not only competitive, but we are winning races..; on light air nights > was walk away from the fleet! > > So, my question to Rob Ball and Rob Mazza and any of the other individuals > who go back to the time these boats were conceived and produced...did you > have any inkling that they would still be racing and competitive 35-40 > years into the > > I know from the comments on other boats, both here and on Facebook, that > other owners are also having success on the race course, whether its a 29, > 30, 33, 35 or 40, or more. > > 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
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