Sailboat Reviews

Gemini 105Mc

Tony Smith's most recent design is the third iteration of a 34-foot catamaran that his company, Performance Cruising, Inc., of Annapolis, first introduced to...

Cal 35

When you create a boat that's universally celebrated as "the most successful production raceboat ever," what do you do for an encore? In 1966...

Seaward 25

Nick Hake graduated from the Milwaukee School of Engineering in 1974, then pulled up stakes and left the cold Great Lakes winters for sunny...

San Juan 28

During the 1950s, Robert Clark, an amateur woodworker with a degree in education and a teaching certificate, labored in Toledo, Ohio as a pattern...

Island Packet 27

More than 20 years ago, backhoes and bulldozers hacked a factory plot out of the mangroves in Largo, FL and Island Packet Yachts was...

Catalina 470

We've been soaked to the bone while racing Catalina's most popular model, a 27-footer on which we crewed in a San Francisco one-design fleet....

J/105

Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - Rodney Johnstone, a Connecticut schoolteacher, changed careers and became an ad salesman for a...

Soverel 33

In the words of an old automobile commercial, the Soverel 33 "is not your father's Oldsmobile." If anything, it's a stretch to include any...

S2 11.0

Leon Slikkers is a boatbuilding legend. Chris Scott, who has worked with him for over three decades, knows the story well:"Leon grew up on...

Ranger 23

Designed by Californian Gary Mull in 1971, the Ranger 23 was influenced by the Junior Offshore Group (JOG), a forerunner of the Midget Ocean...

The BEST and WORST Boat Washing Machines

Are you looking into how to wash clothes on a boat? I set out to figure out which washing machine to install on my...

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Cape Dory 30 Used Boat Review

When the Cape Dory 30 entered production in 1976, it was the largest boat in the expanding line of the Taunton, Massachusetts boatbuilder. In...