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C&C Custom 62
	Jubilation (1981)
Development
Designer	Robert W. Ball
Location	Canada
Year	1981
No. built	two or more
Builder(s)	C&C Yachts Custom Division
Role	Long range cruising
Name	C&C Custom 62
Boat
Displacement	65,000 lb (29,484 kg)
Draft	6.5 ft (2.0 m) to 8 ft (2.4 m); depending on keel fitted
Hull
Type	Monohull
Construction	Fiberglass
LOA	62.1 ft (18.9 m)
LWL	52.8 ft (16.1 m)
Beam	15.2 ft (4.6 m)
Engine type	Caterpillar Inc. 100 hp (75 kW) diesel engine
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	Centreboard or fin keel
Ballast	26,000 lb (11,793 kg)
Rudder(s)	Internally-mounted spade-type rudder
Rig
Rig type	Masthead bermuda rig
Sails
Sailplan	Double headsail ketch
Total sail area	1,593 sq ft (148.0 m2)
	← C&C 61 ; [edit on Wikidata]

The C&C Custom 62 is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by Robert W. Ball of C&C Design for long range cruising and first built in 1981.^[1]^[2]

Production

The design was built under Erich Bruckmann's supervision at the Custom Division of C&C Yachts in Canada, but it is now out of production.^[1] At least two examples were built.

The Custom 62 is a development of the C&C 61.

Jubilation (1981)

The first Custom 62 was built in a conventional aft cockpit layout with the wheel aft of the mizzen and a keel / centreboard arrangement allowing a 6.5 ft (2.0 m) draft with the centreboard up. She has a cherry-wood interior. She was renamed over the years as she changed owners, Djinn, Marauder, and now Lilia.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Pegaso (1982)

C&C Yachts built at least one other Custom 62 for an American couple, this one as a center cockpit version with an open pilot house. It has a fixed fin keel giving an 8 ft (2.4 m) draft. The boat was named Pegaso and intended for long-range, short-handed sailing, primarily in the Pacific northwest.^[1] It has two helm stations, the first in the pilothouse, while the second helm station is aft, just forward of the mizzen mast. The interior is finished in teak with off-white panelling.^[1]

Design

The C&C Custom 62 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with double balsawood cores (glass/balsa/glass/balsa/glass), using the same construction method as the C&C 61. The hull has extra reinforcement at the stem, amidships, and transom against potential strikes with submerged objects. It has a double headsail ketch rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel via a Wagner hydraulic system with redundant pumps, lines and cylinders.^[1]

The boat displaces 65,000 lb (29,484 kg) and carries 26,000 lb (11,793 kg) of ballast. The design has a draft of 8 ft (2.4 m) with the standard keel fitted or, with the keel / centreboard arrangement, 6.5 ft (2.0 m) draft with the centreboard up.

Accommodations

In Pegaso accommodations include: crew accommodations forward with adjustable pipe berths, a workbench, spares cabinet, and sail bins; a double stateroom with washstand (and head opposite); aft a master stateroom, with a walk-around double berth, large hanging lockers, a desk, and a filing cabinet. An inch-thick port window under the bed allows inspecting the feathering propeller. The salon has a U-dinette table and extensive bookshelves with a settee and pilot berth opposite.^[1]

The galley is on the port side, has a "U" shape, with three sinks, a range powered by propane and a large oven. It also has a toaster, microwave oven and a top-opening refrigerator and freezer.^[1]

Marauder's interior was laid out somewhat differently.

Systems (Pegaso)

Main engine: fitted with a Caterpillar Inc. diesel engine of 100 hp (75 kW), turning a Luke 30x24 feathering propeller and carries fuel for a 3,000 mi (4,800 km) motoring range.

Electrics: There are two Onan generators of 7.5 kW (10 hp) to power the freezer and clothes drier.^[1]

Navigation Equipment:

In pilot house:^[1]

Brooks & Gatehouse instruments
Wagner autopilot
Compass

Navigation station in saloon:^[1]

Furuno alarm radar
Furuno weatherfax
Magnavox Satellite navigation
Northstar Loran-C
Brooks & Gatehouse Hadrian course computer
2 of ICOM 720A transceivers
Sailor Marine VHF radio

Operational history

In a review for Yachting magazine, in May 1983, David Weatherston wrote: "My sea trial aboard Pegaso, on Lake Ontario last November, proved the yacht worthy of her racing heritage. She was responsive, even in a seaway. She tracked smoothly. And under autopilot she required very little corrective steering. On a reach, in brisk conditions, she carried her sail area stiffly, and with an easy motion that would keep any crew in high spirits."^[1]

A review in May 1983 in Cruising World magazine stated, "Like all other boats produced from their yard, the 62 combines good looks, performance and comfortable living space. It's good to see that a reputable production yard is making the extra effort to tailor large yachts to owners' needs —certainly they have the experience and skill."^[2]

Popular culture

The Custom 62, Pegaso, was featured in a book, Just the Two of Us, by Alicia Blodgett, a book about sailing, about a newlywed couple's adjustment to life at sea and each other, through 47 countries and 45,000 miles. The book was published by Summit in 1999.^[6]

Of Pegaso, Bill Blodgett, husband and sailing partner of Alicia Blodgett, said:

My tribute to Pegaso is she carried its two different Mom and Pop owners around the world safely and comfortably while averaging 200 miles a day crossing the Pacific.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Weatherston, David (May 1983). "C&C Custom 62". Yachting magazine. Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b "C&C Custom 62". Cruising World. May 1983. Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
^ "Lilia (1041466)". (USCG) vessel data base. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
^ "Lilia (1041466)". Port State Information Exchange. United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
^ Jordan Yacht and Ship Company (20 March 2011). C&C 62 "Marauder" (Video). Dania Beach, F. Event occurs at 0:10. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
^ Blodgett, Alicia (1999). Just the two of us. Associated Publishers. ISBN 9780964395817. Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2018.