My boat sails quite well with just the genoa. Prior to roller furling this was a pain, wind changes were sail changes, but now it makes life easy cruising 😊 Joe Coquina Ps – back in the day the 170s were not exotic racing sails, they were just the normal light air sail. They worked (and still work) just fine in the light stuff, the biggest issue was seeing around them. I almost t-boned a humpback whale that was napping on the surface out of my view on the low side, the whale exhaled and sank just enough for us to glide over him. He was not happy to be disturbed though, he swam over to ANOTHER boat and did a big jump to spray them LOL
From: John McCrea via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2022 10:01 PM To: 'Stus-List' <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: johnmcc...@comcast.net Subject: [EXTERNAL] Stus-List Re: C&C 35 MK I 170% The good thing about the older design is that when cruising, you can sail with just the genoa. I drive some friends crazy with their modern euro boats that cannot sail without the main up. I am pushing 7 knots, towing a dinghy with a 135 genoa in a 15 knot breeze and they can not keep up under full sail. Most modern boats today fall into that category. John McCrea Talisman 1979 36-1 Mystic, CT From: Matt Wolford via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2022 9:34 PM To: 'Stus-List' <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> Cc: wolf...@erie.net<mailto:wolf...@erie.net> Subject: Stus-List Re: C&C 35 MK I 170% I don’t think that’s correct. My boom is very small compared to the size of the boat, and my mast appears to be placed a bit forward of normal. I assume the 1975 design was IOR driven. From: CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2022 4:33 PM To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> Cc: Hoyt, Mike <mike.h...@impgroup.com<mailto:mike.h...@impgroup.com>>; CHARLES SCHEAFFER <cscheaf...@comcast.net<mailto:cscheaf...@comcast.net>> Subject: Stus-List Re: C&C 35 MK I 170% I thought the shorter boom was due to designers placing the mast further back to get a large J measurement so 150% genoas were bigger. More sail area overall. Chuck S
