Niagara 31/35
Occasionally we hear from a sufficient number of owners requesting a Practical Sailor report on their boat that we cannot forever resist their supplications....
Nicholson 35
Today’s new boat market has fragmented about as far as it can: cruiser/racers, racer/cruisers, cruiser/cruisers, racer/racers. But not so long ago, there were a...
Ranger 33
The Ranger Yacht division of Jensen Marine was created in 1969 to build performance-oriented boats designed by Gary Mull. Jensen’s Cal division had been...
C&C 33
When the C&C company shut down operations in 1986, it was big news in the North American boating community. Since the company’s formation in...
C&C 40
While C&C did not invent the racer/cruiser, the Canadian-based company has remained dedicated for two decades to the concept of the dual-purpose boat.
With the...
C & C Landfall 38
The C&C Landfall 38 was the midsize boat in the Canadian company’s three-boat Landfall range, which also included a 35- and a 43- footer....
Rob Roy 23
When she was introduced in 1983, the Rob Roy 23 captured all the popularity that Ron Johnson, her Florida builder, could handle. Marine Concepts,...
Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 36.2
Jeanneau was founded in 1956 by Frenchman Henri Jeanneau, who was primarily interested in building small outboard-powered boats. By the early 1970s, however, the...
Rhodes 22
As with many of our used boat reports, we invited owners of the Rhodes 22 to comment on its design, construction, quality of workmanship,...
Express 37
Following graduation from California State Poly technic University, naval architect Carl Schumacher spent four years working as an apprentice with Gary Mull before opening...
A Fast Small Sailboat from Saffier
If you're looking for a fast sailboat to use as a day sailer, then Saffier Yachts may have just the sailboat to buy. With...
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The first fiberglass auxiliary sailboats were built in the late 1950s; for the record, the first was the 40-foot Philip Rhodes-designed Bounty II (1956),...