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Re: Cape Charles OT
By:Mike Scarborough
Date: 3/17/2001, 11:12 am
In Response To: Re: Cape Charles OT (Ross Sieber)

The Cape Charles 17 is a super boat. The comments about it burying its bow are spot on. The hatches may leak a little, but they don't compromise the buoyancy of the boat.

The CC 17 is the boat I chose a couple of years ago for a paddle around Manhatten Island. I chose it because it was roomy inside and easy to maneuver, important on a ten-hour thirty+ mile paddle with only two rest stops. The boat turn easily, responds well to lean, tracks well and is fast.

It's a great boat to take beginners out in because of it's stability; I'm thinking about building another with a lower sheer and a bit more curve to the sheer line.

Messages In This Thread

Inside hull: To glass or not to glass?
Steve Klarquist -- 3/15/2001, 11:45 am
Re: Inside hull: To glass or not to glass?
Wayne G. -- 3/15/2001, 9:56 pm
Re: Inside hull: To glass or not to glass?
Angela Watson -- 3/15/2001, 8:37 pm
Re: Inside hull: To glass or not to glass?
Lee Gardner -- 3/15/2001, 6:47 pm
Re: Inside hull: To glass or not to glass?
Jeff Fine -- 3/15/2001, 3:21 pm
Another lunch hour blown
Steve Klarquist -- 3/15/2001, 4:23 pm
Re: Inside hull: To glass or not to glass?
Ross Sieber -- 3/15/2001, 1:40 pm
Re: Mill Creek, strong, yes but ...
Geo. Cushing -- 3/26/2001, 3:17 pm
Re: Inside hull: To glass or not to glass?
david -- 3/15/2001, 3:11 pm
Re: Cape Charles OT
Ross Sieber -- 3/15/2001, 3:52 pm
Re: Cape Charles OT
Mike Scarborough -- 3/17/2001, 11:12 am
Re: Cape Charles OT
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 3/20/2001, 12:59 pm
Re: Cape Charles OT
Ross Sieber -- 3/21/2001, 1:27 am
Re: Cape Charles OT
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 3/21/2001, 5:32 pm
Re: Ply Walrus *Pic*
Mike Hanks -- 3/21/2001, 10:00 pm
Re: Cape Charles OT
david -- 3/16/2001, 7:29 pm
Re: Cape Charles eval
Don Beale -- 3/15/2001, 5:56 pm
Chesepeakes still weathercock...
Brian Nystrom -- 3/16/2001, 12:02 pm
Re: Chesepeakes still weathercock...
bob -- 3/17/2001, 10:11 am
Skegs, weight shift, etc.
Brian Nystrom -- 3/19/2001, 12:24 pm
Re: Skegs, weight shift, etc.
Lee Gardner -- 3/22/2001, 3:16 pm
Re: Chesepeakes still weathercock...
Lee Gardner -- 3/17/2001, 2:53 pm
Re: Cape Charles eval
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 3/15/2001, 7:33 pm
Re: Inside hull: To glass or not to glass?
Julie Kanarr -- 3/15/2001, 12:51 pm