I own a 33 ft from the 80s long time ago for about 5 years, and i
rebuild the rig and
engine in a landfall 42 this last 6 months here in st marteen, for sure i can tell you this, this boats are cored all the way from bottom to top, that mean if the previous owners do basic
maintenance in bottom and decks like a barrier coat or complety full bottom job if the boat is 25 or more years old and the fittings in decks are well installed and no water ingress in the core, this boats will be fine for more years to come, now like always in life , sometimes people forget to install properly a truhull , screw stuff in
deck no properly, and with time what you have is a full laminated roted core old boat, and very expensive and tough to
repair .
To me this is the basic points to lookout in a c&c-
1- moisture, sounding , damaged in
hull bottom and deck.
2-
Keel bolts ,
keel stub, and rotting around the stringers close to
mast step due
bilge water.
3- Bulkheads integrity, rott, shifting,
delamination.
4- ruder bearings , tabing around ruder post.
5-
rigging , many still have the original Navtec rod, others swicht to wire,
tough to inspect rod .
6- Many are sailed hard or raced, panliners sometimes feel loose in some places due glue breaking or separated.
And many pros in my opinion.
1- beautifull hull lines .
2- the top aluminium cap rail is a bonus and is very sturdy.
3- This boats sail very well in almost any condition, beating, reaching, off the
wind.
4- low weight in most cases-
5- Quality of construction for me is very good.
6- Ventilation, many included 2 big hatches in top of the roof
7- Sail
gear and control lines are well designed and fited.
In overall aspects a good old boat, keep in mind that many of this boats are the so called
racer / cruisers , meaning short
fuel tanks and water
tanks.