Boat models · C&C
C&C 35 Mk I
Sailboat, racer-cruiser · built 1969-1973 · designed by Cuthbertson & Cassian
Key figures
Comfort23.5moderate
Capsize screen1.93passes for offshore
SA/D19.2cruiser
D/L225moderate
Ballast ratio0.48stiff
Hull speed7kt
- Built
- 1969-1973
- Designer
- Cuthbertson & Cassian
- Builder
- Hinterhoeller Ltd. / C&C
- Rig
- Masthead Sloop
- Keel
- Fin w/spade rudder
- Length
- 34.6 ft
- Beam / draft
- 10.6 ft · 5.3 ft
- Displacement
- 10,500 lb
Design figures as published, not for any one hull. Full specifications on sailboatdata.com.
Reputation
Classracer-cruiseras owners use it
Forumsrespectedpicked over its peers
Fast, pretty early C&C racer; now an aging boat with cheap speed and core issues
- Club racing
- respected · quick upwind, competitive PHRF rating
- Coastal cruising
- ordinary · narrow 60s interior, but able and dry enough
- Daysailing
- respected · light helm, balanced, lively in light air
- Loved
- points high, tracks well · classic Cuthbertson good looks · solid hand-laid hull · good light-air speed
- Gripes
- dated, narrow interior · tiller loads heavy in a breeze · small cockpit lockers · IOR-era tender initially
- Survey for
- balsa deck core rot at fittings · keel bolt and keel-stub condition · rudder bearing and post wear · chainplate leaks and rot
- Cross-shopped
- Cal 34 · Pearson 35 · Ericson 35 · C&C 33
Thin discussion; from sailboatdata.com, cncphotoalbum.com
Looking for a C&C 35 Mk I? Write a brief and Freebooter checks Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace, YachtWorld and Boat Trader every day, judging each listing against what you want.