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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 05/12/2019 :  17:55:40  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The likelihood is the increased keel and rudder area and lower ballast will make it stand up and point well in strong winds, but the increased wetted surface will make it awful in light air. I looked at a very nice C&C 37 modified that way. The price was very attractive because nobody wanted a boat that needed a lot of wind to make it sail well. A sailboat should be a good all-around performer.
Steve Milby J/24 "Captiva Wind"
previously C&C 35, Cal 25, C25 TR/FK, C22
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 05/12/2019 :  19:11:27  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
IMHO, that kind of modification, which will likely change the displacement (and waterline), center of lateral resistance (CLR), and center of gravity of the boat, needs to be designed by a marine architect like Catalina and the other builders use. If that was not the case, it could end up with much greater weather helm, or worse (and more likely due to the keel shape) lee helm (which is a real problem); be bow up or bow down... You'd never get me to buy that boat from them. I suspect they're fooling themselves, and wasted a bunch of money turning it into a barge.
Dave Bristle
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PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge
Edited by - Stinkpotter on 05/12/2019 19:21:14
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