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mpc86
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Initially Posted - 02/27/2012 : 17:24:30

I was interested what where some of the trips that people have taken in their C25s. coastal cruising? I have recently moved to the coast and am preparing to move my c25 and am just wondering where my boat is able to take me and interested in where others have gone in theirs.

1981 C-25 dinnette fixed keel

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Prospector
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Response Posted - 02/27/2012 : 17:38:16

We haven't done much that is too spectacular, Just the western Trent and Georgian bay, and many times across lake Simcoe. Our stories are on a now mostly defunct blog found in my signature below.

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 02/27/2012 : 18:54:10

Longest trip? Hmmmm, I once did a 160 mile round trip from Lake Erie to Port Huron. Another trip took me to the western Lake Erie islands with a distance of around 130 miles round trip. Always wanted to run the length of the lake, around 240 miles each way.

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Stu Jackson C34
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Response Posted - 02/27/2012 : 19:08:11

We turned left outside the Golden Gate, sailed 18 nm down to Half Moon Bay and then a few years later all the way to Monterey, 60 miles by road, but much longer from our berth, across San Fransisco Bay, the three miles or more out the Gate and then south.

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Response Posted - 02/27/2012 : 19:08:25

I've only owned the boat for one season but have been "coastal" many times already. The longest trip so far was from Halifax to Chester (about 50nm). We always wait for good weather and don't go much more than 5nm off-shore at any time so if things get hairy we can sneak into a cove or bay pretty quickly. I haven't gone all night, and I don't think I will. It's too nice to duck into a cove and anchor for a good night sleep!

We reef the main at 10knts and use the storm jib before the wind hits 20 knts of breeze to keep the boat as upright as possible; I find it a lot easier to handle the swells with less heel and there is very little speed lost with less sail. On top of being safer, it's just a more pleasant ride.

Next summer I'm planning a longer cruise (Halifax to Cape Breton) hopping along the coast.

Todd

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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 02/27/2012 : 20:28:07

About 100 miles in a circular trip over 5 days from Port Clinton, Ohio with some sight seeing on the Bass islands and around Leamington, Ontario and Pelee Island, Ontario

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Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 02/27/2012 : 22:03:50

I'm on a lake, so distance isn't a factor for me....but I've overnighted on the boat many times, and a half dozen times last year I'd leave the Marina Friday evening and not return until Sunday afternoon, late.

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Sam001
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Response Posted - 02/28/2012 : 01:46:16

Mathew, are you still in SC and where on the coast did you locate?

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cat30
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Response Posted - 02/28/2012 : 06:59:24

We've done several trips down the Hudson River, around the bottom of Manhattan, up the East River then cruising around Long Island Sound, Newport RI and Block Island- we out 2-3 weeks and do about 300 miles. Anchoring out some nights and other nites in marinas.

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Bill Holcomb
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Response Posted - 02/28/2012 : 07:06:17

The longest trip in a C25 that I remember was a family of four who lived in Michigan and sailed their boat 1) from home to Chicago; 2) then to the Illinois River and down the Mississippi River; 3) to the Gulf of Mexico and around the coast to Florida; 4) up the Intercoastal to New York City; 5) up the Hudson River and then through the Erie Canal: 6) through the lakes to home. I was editor for the C25 section of the Mainsheet then and ran their story as a serial over three or four issues.
Bill Holcomb - C25 Snickerdoodle #4839

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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 02/28/2012 : 08:19:26

My longest non-stop passages so far have been a couple of 70 NM races and a 50 NM race, all three of which were all-nighters. I'll be doing those races again this year. I did several cruises of about 200-300 NM during my 2 week vacations, before I retired. I'm thinking about helping a friend to deliver a C&C 44 from Bermuda to the Chessie this spring, if my doctor thinks I'm up to it, and if my new passport gets to me in time.

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Response Posted - 02/28/2012 : 08:48:45

My wife's and my "longest" trip was our 90-mile delivery trip of our "new" C-25 along the length of the CT shore that included a period of 48 straight hours of 30+ northwesterlies that turned the Sound into a washing machine. The afternoon of our arrival, the local marine police were astonished that we'd been out there, and the wind and tide had turned our new slip into a mud-flat. Somehow, our marriage survived and we kept the boat.

It convinced me Passage could take more than I wanted to!

I re-delivered Passage right back to where she'd come from when I moved to Mystic five years later--there was about 45 minutes of wind during those two days.

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JohnP
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Response Posted - 02/28/2012 : 09:41:06

I've taken my C-25 out of Arnold, MD on many 2, 3, or 4-day trips around the Chesapeake Bay from the Magothy River with round-trip distances to:

<ul><li> 5 or 6 anchorages in other creeks off the river - 10 miles </li></ul> <ul><li> Chester River - 20 miles </li><ul><li> Queenstown Creek - 25 miles</li><li> Corsica River - 35 miles </li></ul>
<li> Kent Island and the Kent Narrows - 25 miles </li><ul><li> Around Kent Island through the Eastern Bay and Chesapeake Bay - 90 miles </li><li> Miles River and St. Michaels - 80 miles </li></ul></ul> <ul><li>Annapolis - 30 miles </li><li> West River - 40 miles </li><li> Rhode River - 40 miles </li> </ul><ul><li>Choptank River - 80 miles</li><ul><li> Tred Avon River & Oxford - 100 miles </li></ul></ul>With my friend's C-25 out of East Greenwich, RI: <ul><li> Newport - 24 miles </li><li> Block Island - 50 miles </li><li> Cuttyhunk Island then Menemsha Harbor on Martha's Vineyard - 140 miles </li></ul>With Steve on his C-250 out of Newport Beach, CA:<ul><li> Catalina Island - 50 miles </li></ul>

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mpc86
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Response Posted - 02/28/2012 : 09:54:46

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Sam001
 Mathew, are you still in SC and where on the coast did you locate?
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I am still in SC, Charleston in fact just on the other side of the peninsula from you in West Ashely.

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Ape-X
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Response Posted - 02/28/2012 : 11:10:53

we were thinking about moving our boat from Lake MI over to Tawas: approx 500miles around the mitten.....how many miles would you expect to cover over the course of a day in a C25?

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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 02/28/2012 : 11:27:57

Depends on the length of the day and how hard you push or fire up the iron jenny. It's pretty easy to average 5kt with the engine, but I usually figure 4kt engine or sail. Leaving at a reasonably early time and stopping in time for late dinner and relaxing would probably make about 50 miles a maximum plan and 30 would be leisurely. You could probably do more if you really pushed it, but it wouldn't be much fun.

edit: I misread 100 mi for 500 mi and had to change the last comment

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JimGo
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Response Posted - 02/28/2012 : 11:29:18

Hull speed on the boat is about 6 knots. The advice I was given was to anticipate averaging about 5MPH. If you're moving 500 miles, that's about 100 hours. The number of days, or the number of miles covered per day, will depend on how many hours you sail each day. Assuming, for example, a 10 hour sailing day (after which I'd guess you'd be pretty tired), you're looking at about 10 days of sailing.

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Prospector
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Response Posted - 02/28/2012 : 11:40:00

... So to summarize, our boats have handled short weekend trips at the lake, long vacations close to shore, the east coast, west coast, great lakes, missisippi river, ICW, gulf of mexico, Canada, America, Australia, England, and the Ukraine. Older couples, newlyweds, and young families, newbies, intermediates and experienced sailors. They have been raced, cruised, and served as floating cabins.

Seems like a pretty good design.

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Response Posted - 02/28/2012 : 11:42:39

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Ape-X
 we were thinking about moving our boat from Lake MI over to Tawas: approx 500miles around the mitten.....how many miles would you expect to cover over the course of a day in a C25?

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Are you comfortable sailing at night? Otherwise go with 4.5 kts times hours sailed as a rule of thumb. I always add in 1 spare day per five at sea as a weather day. I'd rather get home with time to spare than be forced to push through a storm.

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Ape-X
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Response Posted - 02/28/2012 : 13:29:17

THanks all, and yep, looks like a pretty good design. I should start a new thread looking for advice: We may make a month of it, stopping at various ports, travelling on weekends with different volunteer crew to make the trip more exciting.

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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 02/28/2012 : 17:17:41

Sounds like a great plan with new destinations every weekend. Might be a good Michigan travelog for Mainsheet.

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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 03/02/2012 : 19:45:14

Longest trip was 10 days. Not sure of the mileage but it was over 350. Stayed in 4 marinas and two primitive anchorages. I planned a similar trip last year but was overcome by weather and events.

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 03/02/2012 : 20:13:44

I did three days in Passage and now I'm ready for a week!
My trip started in Stratford CT with my daughter along for the ride. We made about 25 miles day 1 out to Westbrook, near the mouth of the Connecticut River. Nice day, not really pushing it. We had a great dinner at the marina restaurant and slept soundly. Next morning she mentioned she had to get back home, so luckily, I was able to get her hooked up with the local marina driver who got her to the train. Just a short train ride home.
I got back on the water and crossed the mouth of the river - pretty choppy and there are shoals quite a distance offshore. Dodged the rocks. Headed further east toward New London - was expecting a US Navy Submarine. The sub-base is right there in Groton. Got through the busy traffic lanes around New London and headed into Fishers Island Sound, heading for Mystic. I had contacted Dave Bristle and made plans to meet up, and we had a nice lunch next to the Route 1 drawbridge right along the Mystic River near the seaport area. Afterward, he took me for a cruise aboard Sarge - very nice - and perfectly suited to the area.
I had a slip at a marina just below the railroad bridge, and the bells went off all night whenever the trains came by!
I happened to check the chart, and it seemed that I'd have a favorable flood tide current if I caught it right at 0600. I got up at 5, had a bit of breakfast and coffee, then out into the Sound again. I was sailing at 8 knots over ground with the current, and covered the space of 2 leisurely days out in one 10 hour sail. I was amazed at the advantage of the incoming tide, as I drifted along with it almost all the way back home.

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Prospector
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Response Posted - 03/02/2012 : 21:00:23

Sounds great Bruce!!

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Sam001
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Response Posted - 03/03/2012 : 07:45:42

and now we know the true example of the tide when we heard in the old movies "we are sailing on the morning tide"

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Sam001
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Response Posted - 03/03/2012 : 07:49:24

M. I will send you a direct note and we can get together in Charleston

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