Sailboat Reviews

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...

PDQ 32

Our first look at PDQ catamarans was when we test sailed its 36-footer (see the review elsewhere in this book). Much of what we...

Caliber 33

When the McCreary brothers (Michael, a naval architect, and George, a business major) got out of college, they built a boat in their garage....

Melges 24

If sailboats were defined in human terms, the Melges 24 could easily be described as having the attributes of a precocious three-year-old who hadn’t...

Catalina 27

Catalina Yachts is a strange company. The builder does no advertising—it’s left up to the local dealers. The operation is owned and run by...

Santana 2023

With the introduction two years ago of the Santana 2023, one of the newer waterballasted trailerables, the W.D. Schock Corp. in Southern California offered...

Jeanneau Yachts 65 Full Tour and Review

Choosing between a monohull and catamaran was already hard, but Jeanneau just made it even harder. The new Jeanneau Yachts 65 is a monumental...

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Islander Bahama 30 Used Boat Review

More than a few years ago my wife Carey and I were looking to move up from our O’Day 25 to something a little...