C&C 40 "Delphinus"

George ( C&C 40 ) · Post by **George ( C&C 40 )** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:17 pm

Hi All,

I don't think anyone here has ever seen a photo of my boat so I thought I would post one. One of the chase boats at last afternoons race took this photo. We are T-4 minutes doing a Vanderbilt start that is downwind in 10 knots of breeze. You should see those J30's scatter when 20,000 lbs of boat flying 1300 sq. ft. of sail hit the line at 8 knots 4 minutes later. Fun fun fun!

George Jones

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George ( C&C 40 ) · Post by **George ( C&C 40 )** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:26 pm

Lets try that photo again...

George ( C&C 40 ) · Post by **George ( C&C 40 )** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:36 pm

This is two minutes later. We like to get the spinnaker pretty much set before we take down the genoa. Unfortunately, this is the only other picture they sent me so I don't have one with the spinnaker fully set and drawing to show you. It does give you a good idea of what a 1000 sq. ft. spinnaker looks like.

George

Jason K · Post by **Jason K** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:53 pm

Nice boat George. Those C&C 40's offer so much in terms of styling, and performance, and - on top of it all- great cruisers as well.

We race against Mystere', a C&C 40 here in New Orleans. She makes for great competition. We did a 42 mile night race where the wind did everything including a 180 deg shift and blew from 0 to 20 knts. We and Mystere swapped positions all the way around the course. We crossed the line right behind them, winning on adjusted time. They came in second.

George ( C&C 40 ) · Post by **George ( C&C 40 )** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:17 pm

Hi Jason,

I've owned and raced a Pearson Triton for a few years. At the end of 42 miles a C&C 40 shouldn't even be in the same zip code as a Pearson Triton. Certainly not exchanging places with them. The PHRF difference is 258 to 108. A total of 150 seconds per mile and a total of 1hour 45 minutes in a 42 mile race. I'm going to have to have a talk with the owner of Mystere' :-)

I do have a few nice silver cups from my Triton sailing days but those always came on corrected time in races where the wind was steady and well above 12 knots.

Keep giving those guys hell.

George

Jason K · Post by **Jason K** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:53 pm

I wish I racing the Triton that fast! I'm not THAT good!

I race on a Jeanneau Sunrise.

Post by **Tim** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:26 pm

Great pictures, George. She looks terrific! Brings back happy memories of my family's C&C 40 from the 80s and 902. They are fantastic boats.

Delphinus will look great with the flag blue!