C&C Landfall 35 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a C&C Landfall 35 means looking at a 1979–1984 Robert W. Ball design built as a couple's cruising sailboat and charter boat, with two interior layouts produced. These are predominantly fiberglass, balsa-cored cruisers with a standard 4.83 ft fin keel or optional 6 ft deep draft, a skeg-mounted spade rudder on a wheel, and a Yanmar 3HM diesel.
Layouts on the Used Market
Two interior arrangements exist. One uses a conventional V-berth forward; the other substitutes a V-shaped couch and dinette that converts to a berth. Either way the galley carries two stainless sinks, a gimbal three-burner alcohol stove with oven, and a large ice box, while the head has a shower. Cabin-top dorade boxes handle ventilation. Buyers should decide early which layout fits their liveaboard or coastal plans, as the forward-berth version is more traditional while the convertible-dinette version opens the saloon.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the used market, autopilots, chartplotters, a short-handed sail setup, and air conditioning are commonly fitted. Sometimes-or-owner upgrades include electric winches, hot water, bimini, dodger, and radar. For a buyer, the power-and-energy cluster (autopilot, electric winches) reduces crew fatigue on a 13,000 lb boat; canvas (bimini, dodger) extends comfort; radar and chartplotter modernize navigation. The original self-tailing winches and mainsheet traveller are period-standard, so focus survey attention on whether upgrades were installed cleanly.
What to Inspect
The one sailing characteristic to verify is the slight sideways slip when close hauled with the shoal keel, which testers tied directly to the 4.83 ft draft. Because the boat makes extensive use of balsawood cores, meticulous inspection of deck fitting seals and through-hulls is warranted to preclude core intrusion. The hull-to-deck joint is the robust C&C inward-flange type described for the builder's 1970s–80s construction.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These boats are typically found in the United States. For a shopper, the checklist is short: confirm which of the two interior layouts is aboard, verify the keel draft (standard shoal vs. optional deep), test the close-haul slip against expectations, and check deck-core integrity at every fitting. With autopilot and chartplotter commonly present, a clean example needs mainly a rig and core survey to be charter-ready again.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the C&C Landfall 35. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 6 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25 | 1 | $29,000 | — |
| Sep 25 | 5 | $24,900 | -14.1% |
| Oct 25 | 3 | $27,500 | +10.4% |
| Jan 26 | 3 | $24,900 | -9.5% |
| Apr 26 | 3 | $24,900 | 0.0% |
| May 26 | 3 | $24,900 | 0.0% |
Where they're listed
C&C Landfall 35 listings appear across 1 country. United States has the most listings with 16.
Country view
16 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $24,900 | 16 | 0 | 100.0% |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| C&C Landfall 35You are here | — | $ 24,900 | 17 | 0 |
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