I'm thinking about buying a 1973 cc carribean 35 can anyone tell me what the
mast clearance is for bridges

Rick,
I have two things in my favor, first I am only around 200 lbs and I modified my
aft cabin by taking out the bulkhead and reinforced it on the top and sides to
carry and transfer the loads.  I turned that back area into a berth with storage
below allowing excellent access to the rudder post area.  One big problem I have
is that my boat is in the water and if I remove the rubber hose I have to be
prepared to solve the problem immediately or run a bilge pump at high speed!!! 
I would like to configure some kind of grease zirk system (like on the
suspension of a car) that I can pump full of grease every once in a while to
keep the bearings packed.  I have a system like that on the prop shaft that
works really well.
Good Luck.
-jimbo.

--- In chriscraftsail@yahoogroups.com, Rick Peckham <peckhamassoc@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Jim
>  
> I hope that your not as big as I am, I'm not fat but I'm 5' 10" and 240 lbs,
so needless to say I don't fit into that compartment very well, so I had my 1st
mate get in there and take this whole thing apart.
> We cut that peice of 21/2" hose in half to remove it, mine did not leak.
> In order to replace that hose you are going to have to do what I am doing, and
that is to completly remove the top bearing, and thats where we are now, trying
to remove that bearing, and so far we have not been successful.
> My marine machanic is coming by tomorrow to asses the situation.
> When I firist posted my question, as how to replace the the lower bearing, I
didn't know that the lower post in the rudder was loose, and that is why I'm
having to remove the intire rudder.
> My next question is going to be, how to resecure the lower rudder post.
>  
> Rick
>
> --- On Wed, 10/28/09, First L <jimbeyer@...> wrote:
>
>
> From: First L <jimbeyer@...>
> Subject: [chriscraftsail] Rudder post
> To: chriscraftsail@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 3:23 PM
>
>
>  
>
>
>
> Hi Rick,
> I have a 1966 Chris Craft Sail Yacht center cockpit. I have also found out the
hard way about the rudder post. I have temporarily put a hose clamp on the
rubber hose to stop the slow leak that began this summer. Could you describe the
make-up of that area and how I can stop the leak?
> Thanks,
> Jim Beyer
> s/v Daydreamer
>
> --- In chriscraftsail@ yahoogroups. com, Rick Peckham <peckhamassoc@ ...>
wrote:
> >
> > Hi Jim
> > Rick peckham here
> > I own a 1968 CC sailing yacht
> > What year is your boat ??
> > Have you ever had to do any work to your rudder ?
> > I'm currently trying to get mine apart.
> > Are you aware that in the aft compartment where the rudder post is attached,
that there is a bearing there that needs to be greased, I found this out the
hard way I hope to inform all CC 35 owners of this, there is also a grease
fitting on my steering system it is located just forward of the rudder post.
> >  
> > Rick Peckham
> >
> > --- On Tue, 10/27/09, timetravel7@ ... <timetravel7@ ...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > From: timetravel7@ ... <timetravel7@ ...>
> > Subject: Re: [chriscraftsail] Re: 1975 Chris Craft Caribbean 35
> > To: chriscraftsail@ yahoogroups. com
> > Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 3:09 PM
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> >
> >
> > Melanie,
> >
> > The main salon headroom is 6’3’, the aft cabin bunks are 6’5” and
the hull is a very solid fiberglass, these boats are very strong and sea kindly,
I am bound for Thailand from California and feel very confident in my vessel.
Good luck.
> >
> > Jim Brown, SV Little Fawn---hull# 19
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Hi Rick,
I have a 1966 Chris Craft Sail Yacht center cockpit.  I have also found out the
hard way about the rudder post.  I have temporarily put a hose clamp on the
rubber hose to stop the slow leak that began this summer.  Could you describe
the make-up of that area and how I can stop the leak?
Thanks,
Jim Beyer
s/v Daydreamer

--- In chriscraftsail@yahoogroups.com, Rick Peckham <peckhamassoc@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Jim
> Rick peckham here
> I own a 1968 CC sailing yacht
> What year is your boat ??
> Have you ever had to do any work to your rudder ?
> I'm currently trying to get mine apart.
> Are you aware that in the aft compartment where the rudder post is attached,
that there is a bearing there that needs to be greased, I found this out the
hard way I hope to inform all CC 35 owners of this, there is also a grease
fitting on my steering system it is located just forward of the rudder post.
>  
> Rick Peckham
>
> --- On Tue, 10/27/09, timetravel7@... <timetravel7@...> wrote:
>
>
> From: timetravel7@... <timetravel7@...>
> Subject: Re: [chriscraftsail] Re: 1975 Chris Craft Caribbean 35
> To: chriscraftsail@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 3:09 PM
>
>
>  
>
>
>
> Melanie,
>
> The main salon headroom is 6’3’, the aft cabin bunks are 6’5” and the
hull is a very solid fiberglass, these boats are very strong and sea kindly, I
am bound for Thailand from California and feel very confident in my vessel. Good
luck.
>
> Jim Brown, SV Little Fawn---hull# 19
>
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These pictures are not of a sailing yacht, they are pictures of a carribean
motor sailor.

Jim Brown, s.v. Little Fawn

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Thanks Jim, Suzanne, and Rick.  Sounds like plenty of room for tall people and a
solidly built boat.

--- In chriscraftsail@yahoogroups.com, "suzmurdock" <suzmurdock@...> wrote:
>
> It is actually called a Sail Yacht, not a Sailing Yacht.  One other difference
besides the cabin configuration is that the Sail Yacht has solid decks while the
Caribbean has balsa cored decks.  Both are considered motor-sailors.
>
> The hulls are SOLID fiberglass (ours was well over an inch thick when we had a
new thru-hull drilled this year).
>
> Suzanne
>
> --- In chriscraftsail@yahoogroups.com, "timetravel7@" <timetravel7@> wrote:
> >
> > RICK,
> >
> > YOU ARE CORRECT, MY BOAT HAS A CENTER COCKPIT AND IS CALLED A "CHRIS-CRAFT
35' CARIBEAN MOTORSAILOR". THE SAILING YACHT HAS A REAR CABIN YOU MUST ACCESS
THROUGH THE COCKPIT AND THE REAR CABIN OF THE MOTORSAILOR HAS A PASS-THROUGH
BELOW DECKS, BOTH HAVE THE SAME HULL.
> >
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>

It is actually called a Sail Yacht, not a Sailing Yacht.  One other difference
besides the cabin configuration is that the Sail Yacht has solid decks while the
Caribbean has balsa cored decks.  Both are considered motor-sailors.

The hulls are SOLID fiberglass (ours was well over an inch thick when we had a
new thru-hull drilled this year).

Suzanne

--- In chriscraftsail@yahoogroups.com, "timetravel7@..." <timetravel7@...>
wrote:
>
> RICK,
>
> YOU ARE CORRECT, MY BOAT HAS A CENTER COCKPIT AND IS CALLED A "CHRIS-CRAFT 35'
CARIBEAN MOTORSAILOR". THE SAILING YACHT HAS A REAR CABIN YOU MUST ACCESS
THROUGH THE COCKPIT AND THE REAR CABIN OF THE MOTORSAILOR HAS A PASS-THROUGH
BELOW DECKS, BOTH HAVE THE SAME HULL.
>
> JIM
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RICK,

YOU ARE CORRECT, MY BOAT HAS A CENTER COCKPIT AND IS CALLED A "CHRIS-CRAFT 35'
CARIBEAN MOTORSAILOR". THE SAILING YACHT HAS A REAR CABIN YOU MUST ACCESS
THROUGH THE COCKPIT AND THE REAR CABIN OF THE MOTORSAILOR HAS A PASS-THROUGH
BELOW DECKS, BOTH HAVE THE SAME HULL.

JIM

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Does anyone know how the shower option in the forward head was to be configured,
and how it was to drain.

Rick Peckham

Melanie,

The main salon headroom is 6�3�, the aft cabin bunks are 6�5� and the hull is a
very solid fiberglass, these boats are very strong and sea kindly, I am bound
for Thailand from California and feel very confident in my vessel. Good luck.

Jim Brown, SV Little Fawn---hull# 19


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I think they do use the same hull.  I wonder if you could answer the following
questions...at least for your boat.  (1) what is the height
in the main cabin area, from the bottom of the ladder to the ceiling? My
husband is 6'2" and would like to be able to stand. (2) what is the length of
the aft cabin berths? (3) do you know if the hull is solid fiber glass? I
think it is, but I'm not certain.
Thanks!
Melanie

--- In chriscraftsail@yahoogroups.com, Rick Peckham <peckhamassoc@...> wrote:
>
> I didn't know CC was still making sailboats as late as 1975.
> I recently purchased a 1968 CC sailing yacht , which is a Sparkman & Stevens
design, she is 35' & I'm under the impression that the sailing yacht & the
Caribbean both 35' used the same hull.
> This is one very nice sail, I have had mine in 8 ft seas with no problem at
all.
> Once again I thought CC stoped making sailboats in the early 70's.
> I don't know what the asking $ is for the boat that your looking at, I paid $
15,000 for mine, when the asking $ was 27,000 and my boat is in fantastic
condition.
> Good luck
>
> --- On Tue, 10/27/09, melanie_wyder <melanie_wyder@...> wrote:
>
>
> From: melanie_wyder <melanie_wyder@...>
> Subject: [chriscraftsail] 1975 Chris Craft Caribbean 35
> To: chriscraftsail@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 1:23 PM
>
>
> �
>
>
>
> I'm thinking of purchasing a 1975 Chris Craft Caribbean 35. I'd love to hear
from anyone with experience with this boat. What do you think of it? Pros/cons.
Thanks
> Melanie
>

Thanks for your reply.  I have three specific questions: (1) what is the height
in the main cabin area, from the bottom of the ladder to the ceiling?  My
husband is 6'2" and would like to be able to stand.  (2) what is the length of
the aft cabin berths?  (3)  do you know if the hull is solid fiber glass?  I
think it is, but I'm not certain.

We are in Nashville, TN; the boat is in Louisiana.  Thanks!
Melanie

--- In chriscraftsail@yahoogroups.com, "timetravel7@..." <timetravel7@...>
wrote:
>
> HI,
>
> I HAVE A CC 35 MOTORSAILOR, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW AND WHAT IS YOUR
LOCATION?
>
> JIM BROWN, SV. LITTLE FAWN
>
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HI,

I HAVE A CC 35 MOTORSAILOR, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW AND WHAT IS YOUR
LOCATION?

JIM BROWN, SV. LITTLE FAWN

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I'm thinking of purchasing a 1975 Chris Craft Caribbean 35.  I'd love to hear
from anyone with experience with this boat.  What do you think of it? 
Pros/cons.  Thanks
Melanie