The Daysailers of Daydreams
A daysailer was once simple and small, an entry-level passport to the sport. In the new millennium, however, that has changed. Simplicity may still...
Boat Review: Buoyant Etap 28s Delivers Modern Form and Function
This is the only sailboat at most boat shows that will remain afloat even with a bucket-sized hole in the bottom. The design team,...
Used Sailboats from the 1970s: Practical Sailor Puts Plastic Classics Under the Microscope
More than 6,500 Catalina 30s have been built since the boat was introduced in 1974, which must be some kind of record. Its design...
Balboa 26 Used Boat Test
As with all of Lyle Hess designs, the Balboa 26 statistics reveal the underpinnings of a seaworthy coastal cruiser. The Balboas 3,600-pound displacement includes...
Columbia 30
The Columbia 30 is being constructed and marketed by Columbia Yachts under the direction of Vince Valdes, son of Dick Valdes, who formed the...
Seaward 26 RK
When Nick Hake, a graduate of the Milwaukee School of Engineering, decided that he'd had enough midwestern winters, he moved to Florida. Despite his...
Hunter 216
Notwithstanding the tragedy of 9/11 and subsequently tumultuous stock market, during the past 10 years boat manufacturers have enjoyed a goodly number of buyers...
Telstar 28
A family operation with its own launch site and factory on Back Creek in Annapolis, MD, Performance Cruising has quietly ascended to the top...
C&C 29
The story of C&C Yachts is a boating industry epic. The company was founded when designers George Cuthbertson and George Cassian got together with...
Santa Cruz 27
Like the French Impressionists of the 19th century who changed the way the world looked at art, beginning in the 1970s a handful of...
A Rival for Island Packet, Made in China – Outbound 46...
Like Kraken Yachts and some Passport sailboats, Outbound Yachts are made in China. It's heavy like an Island Packet, but fast like a Beneteau....
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The Pearson 303, introduced in 1983, is a fairly typical example of the kind of work Pearson was doing in the mid-1980s, continuing until...