San Juan 28
During the 1950s, Robert Clark, an amateur woodworker with a degree in education and a teaching certificate, labored in Toledo, Ohio as a pattern...
Island Packet 27
More than 20 years ago, backhoes and bulldozers hacked a factory plot out of the mangroves in Largo, FL and Island Packet Yachts was...
Catalina 470
We've been soaked to the bone while racing Catalina's most popular model, a 27-footer on which we crewed in a San Francisco one-design fleet....
J/105
Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - Rodney Johnstone, a Connecticut schoolteacher, changed careers and became an ad salesman for a...
Soverel 33
In the words of an old automobile commercial, the Soverel 33 "is not your father's Oldsmobile." If anything, it's a stretch to include any...
S2 11.0
Leon Slikkers is a boatbuilding legend. Chris Scott, who has worked with him for over three decades, knows the story well:"Leon grew up on...
Ranger 23
Designed by Californian Gary Mull in 1971, the Ranger 23 was influenced by the Junior Offshore Group (JOG), a forerunner of the Midget Ocean...
Dufour 36 Classic
Dufour Yachts was founded in 1964 in La Rochelle, France, by Michel Dufour, when he introduced a popular 30-footer called the Arpege. The boat...
Three Big-Three 30s
In effect, the companies construct a hull into which a grid-and-beam system is installed, along with liners (pans) that define spaces belowdecks and provide...
Cabo Rico 38: Used Boat Survey
If we made a short list of traditional-looking cruising boats with trailboards and oodles of teak that dreamy-eyed readers most want to know about,...
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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Grampian 26 Used Boat Review
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),...