Sailboat Reviews

Bob Perrys Salty Tayana 37-Footer Boat Review

With several hundred boats sailing the seas of the world, the Tayana 37 has been one of the most successful products of the U.S.s...

Tartan 30: An Affordable Classic

If you're looking for a good buy in a weekender, it pays to buy the brand. There will always be compromises when it comes...

Ericson 34-2 Finds Sweet Spot

To begin with, let’s make clear which Ericson 34 we’re reviewing about here because Ericson Yachts has a handful of boats in the 35-foot...

How to Sell Your Boat

For many sailors, selling their boats is an emotional experience. The big decision is setting the price. Setting your price, or the acceptable net...

Cal 2-46: A Venerable Lapworth Design Brought Up to Date

What kind of blue-water cruising sailboat should you consider when your thoughts turn offshore? We posed that question to Practical Sailor readers, and Puget...

Rhumb Lines: Show Highlights from Annapolis

I’ve always enjoyed how the annual Annapolis Sailboat Show offers a glimpse of the future—or at least how gear and boat makers envision the...

Open Transom Pros and Cons

The low, open transom of our test boat, a Corsair F-24 trimaran, results in chronically wet sneakers when sailing in rough conditions. At normal...

Mailport: Charley Morgan, Locker Safety, Fast Bottom Paint

SALUTE TO CHARLEY MORGAN Regarding your memorial to Charley Morgan and his enduring boat designs (see “Eight Bells for Charley Morgan,” PS February 2023), your praise for...

Rebuilding a Cape Dory 36 Part V

This is Part V, the final installment of a five-part series on rebuilding and modifying our Cape Dory 36 from a bare hull into...

Big Cat Concerns

David Shih has quite a story to tell. The boat of his dreams brought on a nightmare of repair work—and YouTube fame. Shih isn’t...

The History of Cape Dory Sailboats

Cape Dory Yachts was founded in 1963 by Andrew Vavolotis in East Taunton, Mass. In the following 28 years, the company built over 2,800...

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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...