Any C&C 30 MkII owners out there ???

[Drumroll30]

Hi Rob, NO I won't trade, as a matter of fact if I won a lottery I would still keep my boat, I like it that much.
I can't really compare the sailing abilities between the I & II except to say the II is a faster boat with almost 26 feet of waterline. The Mk I does have a reputation of being among the stiffest of C&C's. On my Mk II in cruising mode with just my girlfriend and I aboard I fly full main and 140% up to about 12 knots true wind, anything over that I have to start playing the traveller in the puffs. As for pointing I have sailed my wing keeled version side by side with my friends deep keel version, he out points me by about 4 or 5 degrees. When he sailed on my boat he found the extra 500 lbs of wing keel made it feel stiffer than his. My draft is 4'6", his is 5'11".

[Stowaway]

Yes, I am owner of #25 - Stowaway V. Fire away with the questions.

[Stowaway]

Also, the C&C30Mk.II will outpoint most boats, they get sweeter as you go into the wind, when it pipes up.

Sails... I have a set of Dacron sails I'd like to part with all for a roller furling - 115, 135 and main... all 10 year old Hoods. Offers.

[ToppDogg]

Hello all C&C MKII Owners. I'm looking at two of them now, this has been some good information, any trouble spots I should tell the surveyor? Drumroll what are the lines running off the mast to the stern of your MKII?

[Drumroll30]

Hi Topp Dogg,
I don't have anything extra running from the mast to the stern, it has a split backstay and the lines I think your asking about would be the backstay tensioner. It works by bringing the 2 side splits together with a line going through snatch blocks. The other aft lines I have are lazy jacks to the boom.
The one trouble spot I've seen on a few of these models are gelcoat cracking at the stern on each side of the opening swim ladder, aside from that only routine maintenance items. One bear of a job that comes to mind that I haven't yet done is replace the exhaust hose. Are the 2 your looking at on Yachtworld?

[ToppDogg]

Yes they both are. The one in Wa. is a good price but I'm questioning the upkeep on it. I still have not spent any money on a Surveyor, I figure with Fall here now I can pick and choose for the next few months. Patience gets the best!

[RobGallagher]

I posted this in the "Boat review and purchase forum".

Sorry for the double post, but I am hoping to catch the attention of any new 30MKII owners out there!

Mods, feel free to delete this if I broke a rule by double posting:

I currently own a C&C 30 MK I vintage 1972.

I found a 30 MK II I am interested in.

Of course I will get a full survey, etc. However, I was hoping some of the current or past owners here could give me a heads up as to problem areas I could investigate on my own before paying for the survey.

The problem is, so far everything I have read had nothing but good things to say about this model

Come on, give me the bad news, talk me down from the ledge before I jump

[ToppDogg]

About the only thing I would question with it is the DRAFT. We have a C&C MKII over here and I did get to talk to the owner last summer, he told me they measured the draft for him at 6'6.

[RobGallagher]

Wow, the draft listed on this boat is 5'10" However, brokers have been wrong before so I'll have to double check that info. Thanks.

[Drumroll30]

Ok Rob I'll try to find some bad news items to mention but after 11 years I can say that I really love my boat and I have no need to "move up". My boat is a wing keel, advertised draft id 4'6", loaded down mine might be 4'8". The wing keeled version is 500 lbs heavier.

I changed the fuel pump on my Yanmar last summer, a bit of a pain with the space constraints but I managed it in about 90 minutes.

I haven't yet tackled changing my exhaust hose but I know its going to be a tough job and not one that I'll do on a hot day.

I changed the hinge mechanisms on all of the Lewmar hatches about 8 years ago. They're the kind that are supposed to stay open by a 3 position hinge but none of them did. Lewmar did a part redesign and I haven't had any more problems since I replaced the parts which if I remember right were under $40 per hatch.

My rudder had water intrusion from the top of the rudder post and I got a few hairline vertical cracks also about 8 years ago. I drilled holes in the side and injected epoxy into the voids, I used about 1 1/2 litres of epoxy. I drilled a 1/4" hole at the bottom of the rudder and I leave it open, after haulout it drips for a couple of hours. Eventually I'll get my rudder rebuilt, I got a quote from Phil's Foils in Ottawa and he quoted $1200. if I bring him the old rudder and he re-uses the shaft.

At the end of the day not bad for a 23 season old boat. I club race in the white sail division and we're consistently in the top 3 boats. The type of boats I race against: Corvette 31, CS 33, C&C 36+, C&C 37XL, C&C 34, Elite 364, C&C 29 Mk II, C&C 27 Mk III, Mirage 33.