C&C Yachts 24

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The C&C Yachts 24, on the water

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Footage from 59° North Sailing

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a beamy beam gives 13 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 13

CoastalBluewater

At 2.39 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.39

LightHeavy

193 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 193

EasygoingPowered-up

18.6 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 18.6

TenderStiff

33% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 33%

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

What the fleet has seen

The C&C Yachts 24, as the fleet has seen it

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The C&C Yachts 24 is a masthead sloop designed by C&C and built by C&C Yachts, with a production run from 1975 to the present. It features a fin keel with a transom-hung rudder, measures 7.3 meters LOA, has a 2.7-meter beam, draws 1.2 meters, and displaces 1451 kilograms. Aboard 59° North Sailing, Lauren Topchik sailed a C&C 24 named *Sita* for four years, cruising the Pacific Northwest and Maine.9:41 Topchik navigated narrow, shallow cuts in Penobscot Bay, emphasizing the need for tidal planning and local knowledge.28:52

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

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Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

32.8%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

18.6

Displacement / length

192.7

Comfort ratio

13.1

Capsize screening

2.39

Hull speed

5.9 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

614

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/transom hung rudder

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 1975

Designer

C&C

Builder

C&C Yachts

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The family

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