KC64000
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Hi folks – so I’m in the process of doing upgrades / improvements on a new to me 1983 C&C 29 mk2 for local racing / daysailing on Lake Ontario. I know it’s a 4ksb – it would never keep up with the Melges 20 I sold, but it’s a heck of lot more comfortable to sail. There was never a place for a BBQ on a Melges 20.
Even though the boat is old, the deck (balsa cored) and hull (f'glass, no balsa) are actually bone dry – doesn’t look like anyone drilled new holes in the deck anywhere! It already has jib and spin sheet winches, but pretty much everything else is original.
So here’s my plan:
2021:
- Installed boomkicker to replace topping lift
- GFlex’d the C&C smile (this could be a regular fix)
- Replaced sheets (jib/spin)
- Installed tweakers
- New main (North Radial dacron, couldn’t justify the price of 3Di)
- Trim laminate #1 to fit on the furler (makes it easier to double-hand)
- Velocitek (if we get racing this year)
2022:
- New instruments (probably B&G Triton speed/depth/wireless wind)
- New halyards (MLX3) and all other running rigging (mast is already up, so will replace once I drop the stick in the fall)
- Replace sheet stoppers / deck organizers
- Replace vang / backstay / mast base blocks (main sheet blocks are decent with bearings)
- Replace all lights with LED
- New AGM batteries (may require replacement of the existing battery charger)
- New spinnaker (probably symmetrical)
SO 2 questions:
It doesn’t have a stove – hence the BBQ.
Even though the boat is old, the deck (balsa cored) and hull (f'glass, no balsa) are actually bone dry – doesn’t look like anyone drilled new holes in the deck anywhere! It already has jib and spin sheet winches, but pretty much everything else is original.
So here’s my plan:
2021:
- Installed boomkicker to replace topping lift
- GFlex’d the C&C smile (this could be a regular fix)
- Replaced sheets (jib/spin)
- Installed tweakers
- New main (North Radial dacron, couldn’t justify the price of 3Di)
- Trim laminate #1 to fit on the furler (makes it easier to double-hand)
- Velocitek (if we get racing this year)
2022:
- New instruments (probably B&G Triton speed/depth/wireless wind)
- New halyards (MLX3) and all other running rigging (mast is already up, so will replace once I drop the stick in the fall)
- Replace sheet stoppers / deck organizers
- Replace vang / backstay / mast base blocks (main sheet blocks are decent with bearings)
- Replace all lights with LED
- New AGM batteries (may require replacement of the existing battery charger)
- New spinnaker (probably symmetrical)
SO 2 questions:
- For daysailing/club racing is 3Di overkill? I had them on the Melges 20 and they were far more durable than laminate sails and their shape was great, but the price differential is substantial (2x) from dacron.
- anything else? I've thought about replacing the furler with a Harken CarboFoil, but the furler makes it a lot easier to daysail and race doublehanded.
It doesn’t have a stove – hence the BBQ.