C&C Yachts 35-1(REDWING 35)

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The C&C Yachts 35-1(REDWING 35), on the water

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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 moderate beam gives 24 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 24

CoastalBluewater

1.94 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.94

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 225

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 19.3

TenderStiff

48% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 48%

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

What the fleet has seen

The C&C Yachts 35-1(REDWING 35), as the fleet has seen it

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The C&C Yachts 35-1, originally named the REDWING 35, is a Masthead Sloop designed by Cuthbertson, Cassian, and C&C Design, built from 1969 to 1973. This 10.5-meter fin-keeled sailboat with a spade rudder was initially built by Hinterhoeller Ltd. as a development of the INVADER 35, then renamed after Hinterhoeller merged with C&C Yachts.1:29 C&C Yachts built 351 C&C 35s in total, known for their solid glass hull and balsa-cored deck construction.8:53 Aboard Be The Captain, upgrading a C&C 35 Mark II for offshore sailing requires reinforcing chain plates and standing rigging, installing backing plates for deck hardware, and strengthening the rudder system with a stronger quadrant and emergency tiller.1:27 While watertight bulkheads are protective, a strong rudder, skeg, and high-capacity bilge pump are more practical priorities.6:18 Offshore sail configurations should include a storm sail or trisail and multiple main reefs, with slab reefing preferred over in-mast furling for reliability.15:07 Practical Sailor notes C&C's reputation for performance-oriented production sailboats, using balsa-cored hulls to increase stiffness and reduce weight in models like the C&C 35.9:14

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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

47.6%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

19.3

Displacement / length

225.4

Comfort ratio

23.7

Capsize screening

1.94

Hull speed

7.0 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1040

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/spade rudder

Construction

FG w/balsa deck

Ballast type

Lead

Production

Years built

1969–1973

Designer

Cuthbertson, Cassian, C&C Design

Builder

Hinterhoeller Yachts Ltd, C&C

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

C&C Yachts 35-2A short-run masthead sloop from 1973, featuring a 40% ballast ratio and a fin keel for balanced coastal performance C&C Yachts 35-3A completely redesigned 10.57-metre masthead sloop built from 1982 to 1987 to succeed the earlier C&C 35 C&C Yachts 36-1A performance-oriented masthead sloop from 1977 featuring a fin keel and spade rudder for responsive handling Redwing 30 (C&C)A masthead sloop from the C&C design team, built during the pivotal transition period that formed the iconic brand C&C Yachts 38-1A performance-oriented masthead sloop from the early C&C era, featuring a light displacement hull for her length

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