On Feb 1, 11:23 am, Martin Baxter wrote:
Joe wrote:

Well a 2'X8' hole in the bottom of most boats would sink them in a
matter of a few seconds. The C&C 40 has no type of foam floatation,
ect. I think it would go down like a rock. Not a bad looking boat, but
IMO a Pearson 40 is a better boat if you are looking for that type of
boat.

A 2' x 8' hole! Were did you get that from?

The fin keel on a C&C 40 is approx 8' long and 1.5' wide. when the C&C
hits something it rips the hole thing off starting at the smile
working aft. Add 6" on each side of the thin hull that gets ripped of
with it. Just a guesstimate.

Joe



Cheers
Marty

On Sat, 3 Feb 2007 09:21:38 -0500, Joe wrote
(in article .com):

On Feb 1, 11:23 am, Martin Baxter wrote:
Joe wrote:

Well a 2'X8' hole in the bottom of most boats would sink them in a
matter of a few seconds. The C&C 40 has no type of foam floatation,
ect. I think it would go down like a rock. Not a bad looking boat, but
IMO a Pearson 40 is a better boat if you are looking for that type of
boat.

A 2' x 8' hole! Were did you get that from?

The fin keel on a C&C 40 is approx 8' long and 1.5' wide. when the C&C
hits something it rips the hole thing off starting at the smile
working aft. Add 6" on each side of the thin hull that gets ripped of
with it. Just a guesstimate.

Joe



Cheers
Marty



Yep that will ruin your day....I have been on the water for 38 years and
never heard of such a load of crap..... Are you a conspiracist as well?

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On Feb 3, 8:41 am, Mundo wrote:
On Sat, 3 Feb 2007 09:21:38 -0500, Joe wrote
(in article .com):





On Feb 1, 11:23 am, Martin Baxter wrote:
Joe wrote:

Well a 2'X8' hole in the bottom of most boats would sink them in a
matter of a few seconds. The C&C 40 has no type of foam floatation,
ect. I think it would go down like a rock. Not a bad looking boat, but
IMO a Pearson 40 is a better boat if you are looking for that type of
boat.

A 2' x 8' hole! Were did you get that from?

The fin keel on a C&C 40 is approx 8' long and 1.5' wide. when the C&C
hits something it rips the hole thing off starting at the smile
working aft. Add 6" on each side of the thin hull that gets ripped of
with it. Just a guesstimate.

Joe

Cheers
Marty

Yep that will ruin your day....I have been on the water for 38 years and
never heard of such a load of crap..... Are you a conspiracist as well?

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I found this on the net:

The S.S. Iole

In September a severe Channel gale dismasted her and caused her other
damage. Refitted, the Iole set out again early in the year with Major
Thomas Blandy as commander and Captain " Sailor " Fielder as
navigating officer, but when entering the Humber on Saturday 19th June
she ran on a sandbank; the tide was so violent that her keel was torn
off and she sank immediately. All hands were saved, but they lost
their belongings.

Jon spoke of the Potato patch, combined with SF's fierce tides, and a
faulty keel design it's a big possiablilty IMO.

I still think he was T-bone by an outbound ship. Microsoft is
reviewing satt. images looking for Gray, and at ships in the area at
the time. I'm sure they have people around the globe cheaking ship
bows for traces of red fiberglass or fresh paint damage.

Joe

"Joe" wrote in message
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On Feb 3, 8:41 am, Mundo wrote:
On Sat, 3 Feb 2007 09:21:38 -0500, Joe wrote
(in article .com):





On Feb 1, 11:23 am, Martin Baxter wrote:
Joe wrote:

Well a 2'X8' hole in the bottom of most boats would sink them in a
matter of a few seconds. The C&C 40 has no type of foam floatation,
ect. I think it would go down like a rock. Not a bad looking boat,
but
IMO a Pearson 40 is a better boat if you are looking for that type of
boat.

A 2' x 8' hole! Were did you get that from?

The fin keel on a C&C 40 is approx 8' long and 1.5' wide. when the C&C
hits something it rips the hole thing off starting at the smile
working aft. Add 6" on each side of the thin hull that gets ripped of
with it. Just a guesstimate.

Joe

Cheers
Marty

Yep that will ruin your day....I have been on the water for 38 years and
never heard of such a load of crap..... Are you a conspiracist as well?

--
Mundo, The Captain who is a bully and an ass- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I found this on the net:

The S.S. Iole

In September a severe Channel gale dismasted her and caused her other
damage. Refitted, the Iole set out again early in the year with Major
Thomas Blandy as commander and Captain " Sailor " Fielder as
navigating officer, but when entering the Humber on Saturday 19th June
she ran on a sandbank; the tide was so violent that her keel was torn
off and she sank immediately. All hands were saved, but they lost
their belongings.

Jon spoke of the Potato patch, combined with SF's fierce tides, and a
faulty keel design it's a big possiablilty IMO.

I still think he was T-bone by an outbound ship. Microsoft is
reviewing satt. images looking for Gray, and at ships in the area at
the time. I'm sure they have people around the globe cheaking ship
bows for traces of red fiberglass or fresh paint damage.

Joe

There would have been significant debris from a collision, and as far as bad
weather goes, it wasn't that day.

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I still think he was T-boned by an outbound ship.

Your conclusion makes sense . But Joe what perplexes me is...
wouldn't some sort of debris be evident as a result?

I am also quite curious as to what Jonathan has *recently* heard
from the locals... since this tragedy took place in his "front
yard"
so to speak.

I'm almost certain his sailing community is awash with various
theories.

Also... the CG's Northern California deputy sector commander
Captain Swatland is also very stymied by this event. I think he said
something to the effect that he personally doesn't remember anything
happening like this in his 20 plus years career.

Bill

wrote in message
oups.com...
I still think he was T-boned by an outbound ship.

Your conclusion makes sense . But Joe what perplexes me is...
wouldn't some sort of debris be evident as a result?

I am also quite curious as to what Jonathan has *recently* heard
from the locals... since this tragedy took place in his "front
yard"
so to speak.

I'm almost certain his sailing community is awash with various
theories.

Also... the CG's Northern California deputy sector commander
Captain Swatland is also very stymied by this event. I think he said
something to the effect that he personally doesn't remember anything
happening like this in his 20 plus years career.

Bill




Yes, you're right on all counts... there should be debris. There is none so
far. The local community is awash with rumors, nothing solid.


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www.sailnow.com

Joe wrote:
On Feb 1, 11:23 am, Martin Baxter wrote:

Joe wrote:


Well a 2'X8' hole in the bottom of most boats would sink them in a
matter of a few seconds. The C&C 40 has no type of foam floatation,
ect. I think it would go down like a rock. Not a bad looking boat, but
IMO a Pearson 40 is a better boat if you are looking for that type of
boat.

A 2' x 8' hole! Were did you get that from?


The fin keel on a C&C 40 is approx 8' long and 1.5' wide. when the C&C
hits something it rips the hole thing off starting at the smile
working aft. Add 6" on each side of the thin hull that gets ripped of
with it. Just a guesstimate.

Joe



Cheers
Marty



I knew someone who sailed all the way back from the Carib. to Michigan
in a 40' CandC, with the smile, after he had hit a reef there....the
smile was quite extensive and the repair job took awhile, but the damage
to the underside did not warrant him scuttling the trip back with the
boat. I also knew someone with a 46' CandC who hit a rock hard in the
St. Mary's River up between the lower and upper Peninsula of MI and they
,made it back to White Lake, Mi without taking on water or further
damage...the whole keel does not rip off...it was a design flaw and is
correctable and IMO, worth correcting because they are excellent
boats...we considered CandC's but they are a little bleak in the
downstairs department...not a lot of wood, which we like in an interior...

"katy" wrote in message
...
Joe wrote:
On Feb 1, 11:23 am, Martin Baxter wrote:

Joe wrote:


Well a 2'X8' hole in the bottom of most boats would sink them in a
matter of a few seconds. The C&C 40 has no type of foam floatation,
ect. I think it would go down like a rock. Not a bad looking boat, but
IMO a Pearson 40 is a better boat if you are looking for that type of
boat.

A 2' x 8' hole! Were did you get that from?


The fin keel on a C&C 40 is approx 8' long and 1.5' wide. when the C&C
hits something it rips the hole thing off starting at the smile
working aft. Add 6" on each side of the thin hull that gets ripped of
with it. Just a guesstimate.

Joe



Cheers
Marty



I knew someone who sailed all the way back from the Carib. to Michigan in
a 40' CandC, with the smile, after he had hit a reef there....the smile
was quite extensive and the repair job took awhile, but the damage to the
underside did not warrant him scuttling the trip back with the boat. I
also knew someone with a 46' CandC who hit a rock hard in the St. Mary's
River up between the lower and upper Peninsula of MI and they ,made it
back to White Lake, Mi without taking on water or further damage...the
whole keel does not rip off...it was a design flaw and is correctable and
IMO, worth correcting because they are excellent boats...we considered
CandC's but they are a little bleak in the downstairs department...not a
lot of wood, which we like in an interior...


I've sailed in the bay and to the Farallons on a C&C 40, early 80s version,
and in not that great shape.. certainly not as nice a one as Gray, and it
was a very sturdy boat. I would have no hesitation in taking one coastal
cruising in these waters, all things being equal.

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www.sailnow.com

"Joe" wrote
The fin keel on a C&C 40 is approx 8' long and 1.5' wide. when the C&C
hits something it rips the hole thing off starting at the smile
working aft. Add 6" on each side of the thin hull that gets ripped of
with it. Just a guesstimate.

Duh! Not very bright for a guess. Don't they use some big bolts to hold the keel
on? Don't they use fiberglass thicker than anything to bolt it to. If you hit the keel
hard enough to knock it clean off you'd break the bolts before you'd rip the
whole bottom of the boat off. You gotta think of the forces that happen. They
won't try to pull the keel down. They'll try to stop it in its tracks. But the hull
will try to keep going. The bow will go down almost to the deck and the water
will absorb most of the shock.
How fast can that boat go? Maybe seven or eight knots? If the keel hit
a solid rock going that slow it would just bounce back after hitting it.
Nope, it's an insurance scam for life insurance. The guy worked for Microsoft.
He's probably got a huge life insurance policy and a giant retirement plan his
wife's now gonna get. You watch. You'll see I'm right. Somebody needs to ask
the neighbors if they saw anybody loading lots of groceries on the boat.
I was right about that Democrat senator who's practically a vegetable wasn't
I. But I cheated on that one. I had inside info. This time I'm just using my intuition.

Cheers,
Ellen

On Sat, 3 Feb 2007 09:21:38 -0500, Joe wrote
(in article .com):

On Feb 1, 11:23 am, Martin Baxter wrote:
Joe wrote:

Well a 2'X8' hole in the bottom of most boats would sink them in a
matter of a few seconds. The C&C 40 has no type of foam floatation,
ect. I think it would go down like a rock. Not a bad looking boat, but
IMO a Pearson 40 is a better boat if you are looking for that type of
boat.

A 2' x 8' hole! Were did you get that from?

The fin keel on a C&C 40 is approx 8' long and 1.5' wide. when the C&C
hits something it rips the hole thing off starting at the smile
working aft. Add 6" on each side of the thin hull that gets ripped of
with it. Just a guesstimate.

Joe



Cheers
Marty



I skippered a Bowman 57 for a # of years and the owner wanted to gunkhole out
towards the canadian border up a deep when the tide was i but a little narrow
when it was out "fiord". On the way out in the morning in dense fog using the
radar and loran we tore the side of the keel open on a ledge. All of a sudden
there was this loud hissing sound. After a thorough and quick inspection I
determined that we had ripped the holding tank open. They built them into the
keel on that boat. Owner left and I spent ten days at hinckly yard. Damage
repaired.

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Mundo, The Captain who is a bully and an ass