Besides Joli, built in 1974, there were 8 additional C&C 61's built in the mid-1970's. One of them was destroyed in a hurricane a long time ago. Brassy, with a home port of Traverse City, MI, was originally named Sassy and she raced in many Mackinac races. Grampus in Italy, Koh-I-Noor (formerly Helisaras) in Washington State, Sorcery (whereabouts currently unknown) and one called Rainbow somewhere in Europe are the ones we know of.
Sorcery was in Newfoundland but we lost track of her current location. Check out this story of when Sorcery was pitchpoled by a rogue wave. Rogue Wave
Sorcery is now in Turkey and for sale. Yachtworld listing: https://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1970/c-c-fully-equipped-c-c-60-sailing-yacht-3246127/?refSource=standard%20listing
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In 1999, SORCERY was based in Conception Bay, Newfoundland, owned by Tom Harris of the Royal Newfoundland Yacht Club. In the fall of 2005, she made a ten-day, six-hour passage to Dingle in Ireland with a crew of only five. There followed thorough cruising of the west coast of Ireland, to be followed by passage south to Portugal and Gibraltar and then east through the Mediterranean to Turkey.
ReplyDeleteROBON was built for Robert Grant of San Diego, California. ROBON won first-to-finish of 184 starters in the heavy weather upwind Bermuda Race in 1972, whose fleet included six 73-foot “maxi’s.”
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ReplyDeleteRobon III (1971) was built for Robert Grant of San Diego, California.
ReplyDeleteRobon III, the second C&C 61 constructed, was the first boat to finish from a field of 178 boats (a fleet which included six 73-foot “maxi’s) that started the 1972 Newport Bermuda Race, a particularly difficult race that was sailed predominately upwind in winds in excess of 70 kn (81 mph; 130 km/h). This was the shakedown for the 61-footer as Robon III had been commissioned on Lake Ontario by C&C just 17 days before the race start. Skipper Robert H. Grant and his crew pushed the brand new C&C 61 in its first race ever to also win Class A. Robon’s competitors included some of the finest sailboats of the time, including the much larger Windward Passage (73'), Blackfin, and Ondine. When Robon III reported in at the finish line, "There was much confusion because they thought we were Windward Passage and much to small to be first to finish."
http://bermudarace.com/looking-back-navigating-the-wildest-thrash/
http://forum.sailingscuttlebutt.com/cgi-bin/gforum.cgi?post=10915;sb=post_username;so=DESC;forum_view=forum_view_expandable;guest=
http://bermudarace.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/results_berth_to_bermuda_extract.pdf
Some additional history of the C&C 61's with some photographs: https://c-c-37-40.blogspot.com/p/c-61.html
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Thanks for the additional information. The c-c-37-40 blog is great.
DeleteKo-i-Noor is for sale in Roche Harbor Washington https://www.boatline.com/listings/1976-custom-built-61-ft-502615
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