Don Dickinson -
I also have installed a Garhauer rigid vang on my C&C 30. It works quite well and has eliminated the topping lift - gives greater main control, etc. They advertise in all the major publications and go to most of the shows - it appears the Mr. Garhauer is the main salesperson for the company and I understand they make a lot of OEM stuff for Catalina. (Hope that doesn't scare you). Parts are chrome/stainless and need to be polished every so often. I got mine by calling them and sending profiles of the boom and mast which they used to make form fitting brackets. Came in the mail a couple of weeks later.

The thread of comments regarding Hunter, etc. reminds me of when I was boat shopping five years ago. Coming east from California I was not that familiar with C&C. One of the brokers I talked to put it this way: Hunter and Catalina are the Chevy's of the field - C&C is the Buick/Olds..... I found when shopping that the fit and finish of my 1980 C&C was far better than of similar Hunters - the apparent strength of the rigging (standing and running) and the basic sea worthiness(such a word?) items like seacocks, hoses, etc. just seemed to be of greater quality. I paid about 25% more than I would have for one of the "lesser" boats.

As to the 110, a J-boat built by Tartan cannot be all bad.....wonder what the PHRF is.