An unusual “powersailer” that will get you home in a hurry Issue 108: May/June 2016 Richard “Dick” Valdes, founder and former chief executive officer of Columbia Yachts, established Lancer...
Keep out their prey and spiders won’t move in Issue 116: Sept/Oct 2017 Over the more than 40 years that I’ve been messing around in boats, I’ve had to deal with a variety of uninvited guests that have...
A beamy shoal-draft overnighter inspired by catboats Issue 121: July/Aug 2018 Traditional Watercraft of Largo, Florida, incorporated in the fall of 1979. Its founder, chief designer, and CEO was Rober...
In the same tradition as its predecessor but roomier on deck and below Issue 122: Sept/Oct 2018 In 1963, Andrew Vavolotis left Boston Whaler and founded Cape Dory Yachts. Until its demise 28 years lat...
A solid though somewhat stately cruiser Issue 117: Nov/Dec 2017 Pearson Yachts set off in a new direction in the 1970s. After the company’s founders, Clint and Everett Pearson, left in the mid-19...
An inspired, tough, seakindly cruiser Issue 133: July/Aug 2020 In the mid-1970s, naval architect William “Bill” Ion Belton Crealock entered a sailboat magazine’s boat design contest. Though already a ...
A Raised-Saloon Cruiser for Two Issue 131: March/April 2020 For 14 years, Rosie and Carl Anderson sailed their Bombay Clipper 31 throughout the coastal waters of western Florida. But after an e...
Sitting in the cockpit of a sailboat watching the changing skies can be both a peaceful pastime and a perplexing one. What’s causing that cloud formation? What does it mean? What triggered that ...