C&C 29 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a C&C 29 means looking at a late-1970s racer-cruiser built by C&C Yachts in Canada and at the Rhode Island plant, with over 600 afloat. Designed by Cuthbertson & Cassian and tied to the Half Ton class, she is a masthead sloop of 29 feet 6 inches with a fin keel and spade rudder; the name is also used on the unrelated C&C 29-2, so confirm the hull you inspect is the 1977–1981 original.
Layouts on the Used Market
The standard boat sleeps six and carries an L-shaped galley to starboard just forward of the companionway, with stove, ice box, and sink, and a navigation station opposite to port. The head sits just aft of the bow cabin. Two keel options exist: the standard 5.25-foot fin and a 4.0-foot shoal draft, and the shoal version will matter if you plan shallow coastal gunkholing. The Universal Atomic 4 gasoline engine of 30 horsepower with direct drive and a 13-gallon tank is the period installation; a 20-gallon water capacity is all the boat was built with.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the used market, gennakers, asymmetric spinnakers, biminis, and dodgers are commonly fitted, and you will often see a spinnaker, cockpit shower, swim platform, autopilot, chartplotter, and lithium batteries. A short-handed setup, solar, AIS, or cabin heating appear less often as owner upgrades. For a buyer, the meaningful clusters are power and energy — lithium banks and solar extend time at anchor — and sail-handling canvas such as a dodger and bimini that make coastal passages tolerable; an autopilot and chartplotter reduce crew load on longer reaches.
What to Inspect
Owners report the boat is tender and prone to weather helm, traits baked into the topside-flare design rather than signs of damage. The known construction point to verify is the extreme topside flare where hull volume was moved above the waterline; check for stress cracking around the deck joint and winch bases, and confirm the internally mounted spade rudder and fin keel are sound.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The C&C 29 is typically found in the United States and Canada. For a shopper, the checklist is short: confirm it is the original C&C 29 and not the 29-2; choose keel draft for your waters; verify the Atomic 4 and fuel system; inspect the flare and rudder; and weigh the tender, weather-helm handling against the roomy six-berth interior. She suits a sailor who wants club-race pace and volume without a heavy-weather cruiser's ballast.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the C&C 29. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 11 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25 | 1 | $9,999 | — |
| Jun 25 | 2 | $12,900 | +29.0% |
| Jul 25 | 3 | $13,900 | +7.8% |
| Sep 25 | 3 | $13,900 | 0.0% |
| Oct 25 | 1 | $13,900 | 0.0% |
| Jan 26 | 2 | $10,500 | -24.5% |
| Feb 26 | 1 | $10,500 | 0.0% |
| Mar 26 | 1 | $7,000 | -33.3% |
| Apr 26 | 4 | $11,500 | +64.3% |
| May 26 | 3 | $6,500 | -43.5% |
| Aug 26 | 1 | $8,495 | +30.7% |
Where they're listed
C&C 29 listings appear across 2 countries. United States has the most listings with 15 (93.8%), followed by Canada.
Country view
16 listings · 2 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $10,500 | 15 | 1 | 93.8% |
| Canada | $19,900 | 1 | 0 | 6.3% |
Comparable models
Similar length, displacement, and era. Open a row to compare that model's market page.
Similar boats to compare
4 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENETEAU First 29 | 29.67' | $ 21,990 | 34 | 4 |
| C&C 29You are here | — | $ 10,500 | 16 | 1 |
| C&C 33-2 | 32.58' | $ 24,500 | 15 | 7 |
| Westerly GK 29 | 29' | $ 12,468 | 8 | 3 |