Sailboat Reviews

Bristol 35.5C

Around Bristol, Rhode Island-made famous by Nathanael G. Herreshoff-they tell this story: In the beginning, Bristol Yachts made rather ordinary boats. Along the way...

Bristol 39/40

The Bristol 39 and Bristol 40 are basically the same boat, even though the specifications state that the Bristol 40 is nearly a foot...

Cal 31

The Cal 31 is the thirteenth Bill Lapworth designed Cal boat between 27' and 34' built by the Costa Mesa, California firm. Cal, a...

Cal 34

Bill Lapworth didn’t invent light-displacement cruiser-racers, but his name is indelibly linked with the type. At 15,000 pounds of displacement on a 30' waterline,...

Cal 40

Thunderbird, a Cal 40 owned by IBM president T. Vincent Learson, took first in fleet over 167 boats in the 1966 Bermuda Race. Because...

Cal 46

The early Cal boats were built by Jensen Marine in the old ’70s Mecca of fiberglass boatbuilders that was Costa Mesa, California. Columbia and...

Cheoy Lee Clipper 36/42

Cheoy Lee Shipyards of Hong Kong is one of the first molders of fiberglass boats in Asia. Production began in the early 1960s and...

Contest 35S

Conyplex, builder of the Contest 35S, is an established company that was a pioneer in fiberglass boat construction. In 1958, it began work on...

Corsair F-31

Like the blips on a heart monitor, Corsair Marine has experienced several peaks and valleys since our review of the Corsair F-27 (September, 1990),...

Crealock 37

The Crealock 37 is the largest boat built by Pacific Seacraft, a California company that has carved a comfortable and ever-growing niche in the...

Lagoon’s WILD NEW 43 Footer is Replacing the 42!

Are you interested in chartering a catamaran sailboat? This is Lagoons new entry level cat. The 43, and while you can still buy a...

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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...