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The hull of the Seawind II is a solid lay-up. The deck and cabin trunk are balsa cored. The top of the coachroof, in...
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Tayana 37 ReviewIn regard to your November 2015 updated review of the Tayana 37. In a previous article (which I cannot now locate), you...
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There are VHFs on the market that use Bluetooth to pair with compatible headsets, but we don't know whether they use the same Bluetooth...
Beneteau 40.7
Beneteau began building boats in France in 1884 when Beneteau opened shop for the purpose of constructing trawlers at Croix-de-Vie. Eighty years later, under...
Four Trailer-Sailers And the Keel/Launch Problem
In the early 1970s, when the fiberglass sailboat revolution was in full swing, so were the so-called swing keels. Three years after Richard Nixon...
Beneteau First 36.7
From her office in France, Madame Annette Beneteau Roux, granddaughter of her company's founder, Benjamin Beneteau, oversees the largest boatbuilding company in the world.
In...
Express 34, Hobie 33, Olson 34
Nearly everyone involved in the boating industry during the prosperity of the 1970s also has a vivid recollection of the 1980s, when the industry...
The Allmand Sail 31
During the hey day of fiberglass sailboat production in the 1970s, there were seemingly more small builders than today. Alas, the industry recession of...
Heavy Glass Hull Marks Tayana 37 Boat
The hull of the Tayana 37 is a fairly heavy, solid-glass layup. Some roving print-through is evident in the topsides. In the past, the...
Baba 30
The Baba line of boats was conceived in the mid-1970's by Bob Berg, a Seattle yacht broker who with two business associates formed Flying...
Why Buy a Trimaran? Pros and Cons of Trimarans – NEEL...
Are you interested in buying a multihull sailboat? This week we look at the NEEL 43 Trimaran and discuss the pros and cons of...
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Catalina Yachts has carved a reputation in the production boat world by producing yachts that make owner feedback sound like a mantra. Typical comments...