The Ottawa C&C 27 Fleet

This site is primarily of interest to Ottawa area C&C 27 sailors, and those who might be interested in joining the local C&C 27 fleet.

C&C 27 Sailing on the Ottawa River:

• Read Dawn Fasken's article from the May 2008 issue of The Telltale about C&C 27 sailing in Ottawa -- Have your cake and eat it too.
• The C&C 27 seems to be the ideal boat for Ottawa for those who want to both race and cruise -- at last count there were 50 C&C 27s (not including ~8 MK 5s) spread between the three clubs on the Upper Ottawa River.
• In Ottawa, C&C 27s enjoy good racing two nights a week: Tuesdays we race PHRF Division 2 with similar boats, and on Thursdays we get our own start for One-Design racing.
• C&C 27 Raft-ups are quickly becoming an Ottawa tradition -- click here to learn more about these enjoyable social events.

Information about the C&C 27:

• General Description & Features.
• Differences between the different Marks.
• C&C 27 Class Association Home Page - A great place to learn more about the C&C 27.
• C&C 27 Forum - A great place to ask questions, and read discussions related to the C&C 27.

Purchasing a C&C 27:

• Boats for sale: Looking for a boat? Try these C&C 27 searches: Yachtworld, or Boats.com, or Google.
• Buyer's Tips, a must read intro on the C&C 27 Association's website, for anyone looking to buy a C&C 27. Want a printable version? Here's an MS Word version.
• Buying a boat in the U.S. This is an option definitely worth considering.
• A Pre-Purchase Checklist. This is a list that I put together when we were looking for a boat, to record notes on how the boat was rigged and equipped.
• Boats for Sale Tracking Sheet. Within a few weeks of starting our search, we'd looked at 20+ boats on the Internet; this table helped us track all those boats at a glance.
• Inspecting and Surveying a Used Sailboat & The Transaction of Buying a Used Sailboat - Two very informative articles from Michael McGoldrick's Sailquest web site.
• A Generalized Purchase Agreement & Bill of Sale in MS Word format, prepared using the above guidance. (Note: I'm not a lawyer and we didn't consult one, so use this at your own risk, but it worked well for us.)

Photos:

• All photos, presented using Picasa's Web Albums. You may download high resolution copies of most of these photos.
• One-design Race, 17 July 2008. Some nice on-water shots with spinnakers.
• Raft-up, Thursday, 26 June 2008. There were severe thunderstorms at 5 p.m. and it didn't look like we'd be racing or rafting up, but in the end 13 C&C's rafted up for a good party on the water. We just forgot to anchor, so had to break up when the wind started to come up. A few of these shots were taken by Islay Mist, the 13th boat, and the first to depart.
• Nepean One-Design, Sunday, 22 June 2008. Includes 162 photos of C&C 27s racing. Photos courtesy of Laura Arwen Berg, and hosted on Ken & Vickie Gow's web site. High resolution copies can be obtained by contacting her directly at laura at arwenberg dot com, or by visiting arwenberg.com. Thanks, Laura!
• Nepean One-Design, Saturday, 21 June 2008. There was no wind, so an impromptu raft-up was in order. Hugh got winched to the top of Makai's mast for a few photos; then the youngest member of the fleet decided she wanted to check out the view, and stayed up for two hours! Of course, the wind came up after the races were cancelled for the day.
• Raft-up, Thursday, 2 August 2007. The first C&C 27 raft-up, after most boats sailed an extended W course. Ten boats partied until well after dark.

Updated by Hugh Morrin, Blue Zulu, C&C 27 MK III, #894.