[C38] crossing oceans

[Don Strong]

Rich: My surveyor had made multiple long ocean passages. I am well aware 
of long distance passages by C38's. What have you done about cockpit 
drainage and your cabin door? I have contemplated the issue of cockpit 
drainage but come to no conclusions about the best solution. A solution 
to the door problem is pretty easy to envision.
Regards, Don

On 4/3/11 9:23 AM, Richard West wrote:
> Hi Don,
>
> Regarding the C38's passage making ability, as I think I've posted 
> before here, the previous owner of my boat, Legacy, sailed from Los 
> Angeles to New Zealand and was caught in the Queen's Birthday storm 
> were there was loss of boats and crews.  He faced 70 knot wind and 50' 
> seas and said the only problem he had was with the monitor windvane as 
> the wind changed so drastically from crest to trough he had to hand 
> steer.
>
> I think it would have been wise to ask the surveyor about his offshore 
> experience and what different boats it was on.
>
> Do I think it's the ideal passage maker?  Answer: I don't know, it's 
> the only boat I've ever sailed offshore.  It worked for us on two 
> round trips to Hawaii and hopefully again soon on a much longer trip.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rich, Legacy, #360, San Diego
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 8:20 AM, Don Strong <drstrong at ucdavis.edu 
> <mailto:drstrong at ucdavis.edu>> wrote:
>
>     John:
>      a tyro is a beginner. Someone who knows only the rudiments. I'm
>     no expert. My feeling that C38's aren't a good choice for crossing
>     oceans is the advice of the surveyor who did my boat at purchase.
>     The C38 features that to his mind said "choose another boat if you
>     want to cross oceans" were the lack of stern buoyancy ---part and
>     parcel of an IOR boat--- combined with the poor cockpit drainage,
>     combined with the huge passageway allowing water from pooping into
>     the cockpit. The second two can be fixed. But, as I said, I'm no
>     expert. What do others feel about this?
>     Don
>
>
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-- 
Donald R. Strong
Professor
Dept. of Evolution and Ecology
University of California, Davis 95616

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