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North Saanich, B.C.
What is the size of the cutless bearing installed on the 27's? 7/8th shaft and what OD?
Mine is a 79 Mk III ...
For the spring haulout it is planned to do the stuffing box (new PSS dripless seal going in) new engine coupling (Moyer split coupling on order), the cutless bearing and maybe a new prop. Boat's in the water right now so I can't check the bearing for size.
North Saanich, B.C.
Hull no. 3 is currently listed for sale in Annapolis ($1800!:
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/boa/4282765232.html
Assuming the seller has his hull number correct, it doesn't look too different from other Mk 1's I've seen.
North Saanich, B.C.
Well I didn't remove my teak trim strips as I had the engine out this summer. I replaced the original aluminum tank with a Moeller plastic 19 USGAL tank (26"L x 16"W x 11.75"H) ... and it does fit in the locker opening. I used the Moeller brackets to secure the tank but I had to make up a wider plywood base for the tank to allow screwing down the brackets ... and I enlarged the opening in the bulkhead a bit and cut an opening under the galley sink in the side of the cabinet to access the fwd bracket on the inboard side. The fwd one on the outboard side I screwed in before installing the tank. These tanks have to sit on a couple strips of neoprene and you have to leave some wiggle room for tank expansion.
I must say the old tank was in quite good condition. I just sold it for $100.
North Saanich, B.C.
Few questions out there for any with similar age boats with A4's:
1) how long has your dry exhaust lasted?
2) how close to the underside of the cockpit floor does your dry exhaust stack go.
3) any problems with overheating of the dry exhaust portion?
4) what kind of waterlift came with these boats and what have you replaced it with (or have you).
5) how high is your water bypass and does it have a siphon break.
On the maiden 'delivery voyage' for my new-to-me 27 the dry exhaust overheated the cockpit floor and caused the adjacent plywood backing block on the port cockpit drain to smoke and the plastic cockpit drain fitting to partly melt. No flames, but it was a bit tense there for a bit! ... and not a very pleasent way to start off with the boat.
The loop is right against the underside of the cockpit and the pipe wrap is partly falling off and spliting - no doubt helped by the dry exhaust vibrating against the cockpit floor. The pipe underneath appears to be galvanized and in quite good shape. This boat has a plastic vetus waterlift ... so I'm expecting that some of the exhaust at least was redone in the past - but not by last owner (since 2004) and he kept very good records of everything. The water bypass is a very short / low hose with no siphon break.
North Saanich, B.C.
After another bad experience surveying a different boat, we decided that the deal on the C&C Mk III was just too good to pass up ... I'm going to live with the 'dents' for now - when it comes time to paint topsides I'll fair out the 'dents'. It's an estate sale boat so it has a huge amount of kit, spare parts, etc. on-board as well as wheel steering, good electronics, windlass, newer propane cabin heater / stove / BBQ with external fiberglass tank, newer upolstery, holding tank, dodger, harken furling, canvas covers for everything, decent main / genoa and gennaker, dingy, etc.
North Saanich, B.C.
That's about exactly the arguement I'm battling with right now. I didn't notice it on the 1st viewing of the boat but someone else did when I took them by to see the boat ... from the dock as it was the side opposite the finger it was lying against. It doesn't show up in all light conditions and it gives various effects depending on how the light hits it / reflects off the surface of the water. Certainly plainly obvious once you know it is there so I suppose it falls into the 'will drive you nuts' category.
North Saanich, B.C.
Well, the survey turned up an area on the port side midships that is 'dented' + a couple 'dimples'. Quite large - several areas perhaps over a 5-ft by 2 ft area. Surveyor doesn't think it is a structural issue but perhaps caused by problems pulling the boat from the mold or in the fiberglass resin in the area causing excess heat generation during curing or (or perhaps combined with) something like mis-aligned/mis-shaped cabinetry / settee bulkheads inside. No evidence of damage in the area inside or out. Anyone run into anything like this before?
North Saanich, B.C.
Well ... I hope a Mk III works as we just had our offer accepted on a nice 1979 Mk III. Survey, etc. to follow!
North Saanich, B.C.
1st post here!
I've been looking at a number of C&C27's .... mostly Mk I and II's available in my area (lower Vancouver Island). I'm getting back into sailing after a long hiatus and most of my prior experience is with dinghys(former Lightning sailer/racer & sailing instructor in Ontario).
For the typical conditions on the West Coast how would one rate the differences between a Mk I/II and the larger rig, etc. of the Mk II/IV?
I expect the boat to be used for day sails / weekending in the Gulf Islands and I fully expect to get in on some club racing.
Thanks guys!