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...
Catalina 34
It doesn’t take a lot of brains to see that Catalina is doing something right that a lot of other sailboat makers aren’t. They’re...
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 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...
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...
Beneteau First 345
Can a boat be all things to all people? Last year in Rhode Island, two sailors who had differing ideas about what a sailboat...
UWB 333
Because a fairly large segment of our readership has expressed interest in a ‘blue-water trailerable’ sailboat, a PS subscriber shares here the philosophy and...
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...
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....
AMAZING Sailboat Drones, US Navy Deploys 65 Foot Sailing Drone
Sailing Drones are WILD! The New Jersey drone sightings aren’t the only things making waves in the world of unmanned vehicles. Sailing drones are...
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Catalina 42 Mk I and Mk II
Under the guidance of Frank Butler, who founded the company in 1969, Catalina Yachts’ philosophy is to offer “as much boat for the money...