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...sail across the ocean in a Sunfish if the weather was perfect (and you could store enough water and food). Many people sail long distances in very small boats. The ones that succeed are just plain lucky. We hardly ever hear about the ones that fail. The short answer to question is that the C&C 25 is a great little day sailor and weekender. It is not an offshore boat. It's cockpit is too large and now well drained; it's outboard rudder is too exposed and not strong enough; it has virtually no bridge deck; etc, etc, ad infinitum. Enjoy your boat and your life: don't go offshore in this boat.
...sail across the ocean in a Sunfish if the weather was perfect (and you could store enough water and food). Many people sail long distances in very small boats. The ones that succeed are just plain lucky. We hardly ever hear about the ones that fail. The short answer to question is that the C&C 25 is a great little day sailor and weekender. It is not an offshore boat. It's cockpit is too large and now well drained; it's outboard rudder is too exposed and not strong enough; it has virtually no bridge deck; etc, etc, ad infinitum. Enjoy your boat and your life: don't go offshore in this boat.
Thanks. Mine's a MkII with smaller cockpit and bridge deck. Admittedly a fin keeler and spade rudder, but she appears very solid in the pintles. My concern would be more for the effect upon me inside, as the motion would be a lot stiffer than say, a Contessa 26. Also, the rigging is an issue as is the large smoked plexiglass windows. Looking at her lay up though, she is very well built and solid. I can always reduce volume in the cockpit. I have had her out in some nasty stuff and she has never pounded, never gave me a moment of concern. A naval architect in Nova Scotia, commenting on a C
I once owned a 1976 C
and I thought she was sturdily built and handled heavy weather well. I had her surveyed precisely for the purpose of determining if she was reasonably able to make an Atlantic crossing. I was told I only needed to make a few modifications, the two I recall being to beef up the rudder and the standing rigging. I did the latter but never did the former as I changed my plans. They were not designed to be blue water cruisers, and have some design weaknesses for that application, but they are nonetheless a strong and seaworthy boat. However,I have read at least one naval architect opine that the C
and I thought she was sturdily built and handled heavy weather well. I had her surveyed precisely for the purpose of determining if she was reasonably able to make an Atlantic crossing. I was told I only needed to make a few modifications, the two I recall being to beef up the rudder and the standing rigging. I did the latter but never did the former as I changed my plans. They were not designed to be blue water cruisers, and have some design weaknesses for that application, but they are nonetheless a strong and seaworthy boat. However,I have read at least one naval architect opine that the C
Stuff Happens...
... even to the big guys. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050417/ap_on_re_us/cruise_ship_diverted This was a 965ft ship where the wave reached as high as the tenth deck.
... even to the big guys. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050417/ap_on_re_us/cruise_ship_diverted This was a 965ft ship where the wave reached as high as the tenth deck.
Small Boat Crossings
You'd have to have more than a little bit of a sense of adventure but it has been done. Do a litle searching and you will find a number of websites of various sailors off shore experiences in small boats. Here is an example. http://potter-yachters.org/stories/teplow_to_hawaii.htm
You'd have to have more than a little bit of a sense of adventure but it has been done. Do a litle searching and you will find a number of websites of various sailors off shore experiences in small boats. Here is an example. http://potter-yachters.org/stories/teplow_to_hawaii.htm
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