On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 01:50:18 GMT, Commodore Joe Redcloud
wrote:

The question was:
WILL THIS MODEL BOAT MAKE THE CROSSING?

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And the answer of course is definitely maybe. At best it will be a
cold wet ride in a small boat. The wrong small boat in my opinion,
but people have done it in less and lived to tell about it. A lot of
people who ask questions like this have never been offshore in a small
boat and have rose colored glasses on regarding the whole experience.

It's my opinion, for what ever that is worth, that they should hear
the downside as well. Crossing oceans in a 33 ft boat should not be
taken lightly, especially in a boat that is not paticularly well
suited for the job. The C&C 33 for all of its fine qualities was not
designed and built as a passagemaker, and its designers would be the
first to tell you that if asked.