Marc wrote:

Agreed about the bridge deck. I have one on my boat and am glad for
it.

Funny how when you really need it, you appreciate it!

However, my perspective is that of a 58 year old cruiser. The
bridge deck on th C&C 37 is two tiered. In fact, the vertical
hatchboard is no more than 8" tall. If you put a dodger on this
beast, you will only have 3' clearance under the boom and a 5' crawl
to enter and exit the hatch with 7 steps up and down.

That does sound like a PITA (or more likely in the knees).

Some of C&C's racier models have rather odd deck configurations. They put strange
contours in the coachroof, coamings, and deck. Bridge deck = goo, did they think that
two bridge decks = better?




My point? Not the user friendliest for a cruising boat.

Agreed, but there may be a way to reduce the PITA factors. The best boat for cruising
is the one you have.....


Racing? Who
cares, it's fast.

And fun to sail, which really more the point IMHO.

A lot of people miss the point about racing, which is that whether or not a particular
boat is fast or not makes zero difference. The point is whether or not it's faster than
it's sisters (in one design) or faster than it's rating (in big boats). A slow slow
slow boat can still be a winner. And some winning boats are no fun to sail (some
winning skippers are no fun to sail with, either).

Fresh Breezes- Doug King