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CYGNUS 20

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Michael Cote from New Brunswick in the Canadian Maritimes wrote in Jan. 2009 . . .


Hi Arthur

Got your post on the Sailrite Forum site concerning the Cygnus. Attached is some info. Note the first sentence in the first paragraph of the brochure about 'batchelors'. Different world then.





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g3/48/747248/3/108091113.VrrJrnBZ.jpg CYGNUS 20 by Clarkecraft
CYGNUS 20 by Clarkecraft		 GUIDOUNE 114 19??
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garry718-Apr-2011 19:06
just got a sygnus 20. it is the fixed keel.olan to change it to a swing keel. does anyone have any information on the swing keel.garry
Malcom McCambridge 06-Jul-2010 18:31
Hello - Can someone please contact me in reference to selling a CYGNUS 20? I am looking to sell boat in very good condition with almost new sails. Sails include 1 main, working jib, Genoa 1.6 also has a storm jib.

Malcolm McCambridge Montreal Quebec - 514-748-7095
Guest 22-Apr-2009 19:35
Worth noting that the prototype from which the Lancer was modelled was the 1973 winner of the Transpac, Chutzpah... you are spot on in saying that Lee wasn't adding to' C&C's designs of the late 70's... :-)
Guest 22-Apr-2009 19:28
Thanks for the feedback - I had heard this from a variety of sources, but must say that I was recently looking at a C&C 36' from the same era and found the stern treatment to be very, very different on the C&C than on the Lancer, and wondering how a set of molds could be so heavily modified. The Answer would appear to be that they weren't, as they are different molds. Thanks again for the clarification
Nonsuch Photo Galleries12-Mar-2009 16:55
Bill Lee & Bruce Farr did not need to add their work to a hull drawn by the late '70s designers at C&C when they created the Lancer 36. :) The Lancer 36 'looks' very similar to a C&C 36 but a NA40 also looks very similar to a C&C 40 and vice versa.

If you compare the C&C 36 and Lancer 36 specs you find they are different boats. Bill Lee never designed a boat for C&C.
Guest 25-Feb-2009 06:37
Thank you for posting the excellent materials and your own photo of your very tidy Cygnus. After learning to sail on dinghies, the Cygnus was the first keelboat I sailed, and had access to one at a resort where I worked on Georgian Bay. She would plane easily, and while remarkably stable, was a very fast boat. Among other tasks, I had the privilidge of teaching seniors to sail aboard her, through an 'Elderhostel' program. Years later, I cruised and raced a friend's 24' Shark on Okanagan Lake in BC. I was very impressed with this little boat, and had regular wins at the local club. It wasn't until recently that I discovered that both boats were designed by the same maker, which, in retrospect, makes a great deal of sense. My current boat, a Lancer 36' that I cruise and teach aboard in the Gulf Islands, comes from the same hull mold as a 36' C&C, although I am led to understand that the hull was designed by Bill Lee (another outstanding designer) rather than George Hinterholler. I am always amused by life's little coincidences...
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