Stus-List Insurance for Older Boats

In the course of jumping through hoops imposed by our insurance carrier for our 1975 C&C 30 MK1, I had an email from a senior VP with Gallagher Skipper's Plan that says, in part: "In the today's market it is extremely difficult to find insurers willing to write sailboats over 40 years old. These bo

Stus-List Yanmar 3GM30F in C&C 30 MKI

A trusted friend has a Yanmar 3GM30F available (he's going all electric). I've bonded with our C&C 30 MKI Atomic 4, but diesel and a little more oomph into a headwind and big water is appealing. Does anyone have an experience with swapping the A4 to this model of Yanmar? David J. Morris,

Stus-List Anchor Locker Access

(Apologies, premature send on the previous) At some point in its history, a now-dysfunctional South Pacific VS1000C windlass was added to our 1975 C&C 30 MK1. The through-deck access to the anchor locker is via the windlass, hand-cranked, and its through-deck hole, just big enough for a 5/16" c

Stus-List Anchor Locker Access

Our 1975 C&C 3 David J. Morris, MBA President, D.J. Morris & Associates Ltd. 24 St. Paul's Place, Kingston, ON K7M 7S3 Tel. 613-531-4429 email: djmor...@djma-ltd.com Member: Canadian Freelance Guild Blogging at:

Stus-List Source for long stainless/brass screws

I'm having difficulty finding a supplier of the 6" screws - preferably stainless, but will settle for brass - to re-install the interior and exterior handrails on our C&C 30 MKI. I'm not sure if they are a no. 10 or 12. Recommendations would be much appreciated, preferably in Canada. David J.

Stus-List Changing seacock values

While she's on the hard, I plan to replace the seacock gate valves with ball values on our '75 C&C 30 MK1. Can anyone offer the benefit of experience in doing so? Are there tricks to stabilizing the through-hull fitting while unscrewing the old valves? Is it best to replace the entire through-hull

Stus-List Depth Transducer Installation

I'm installing a new thru-hull depth transducer on our 1975 C&C 30 Mk1, which requires cutting a hole for it. Dumb question I'm sure, but is the hull cored or solid? Any suggestions on where to locate the transducer on this model? David J. Morris, MBA President, D.J. Morris & Associates Ltd.

Stus-List Colour match question

We want to repaint the cove stripe on our 1975 C&C 30 MK1. Any suggestions on matching the original colour (e.g. pantone colour spec) and/or what product(s) to use to re-do it? David J. Morris, MBA President, D.J. Morris & Associates Ltd. 427 Division Street, Kingston, ON Canada K7K 4A8 Tel.

Stus-List Propeller Sizing

I determined at haulout this weekend our newly-acquired 1975 C&C 30 MKI, Atomic 4, direct drive is equipped with a Gori two-blade folding prop, measuring approx. 11.5". I have neither the experience or expertise to know if this is a great prop for the boat, a lousy one, or, more likely, somewhere i