In profile: One of America’s most respected cruising boat designers Issue 25 : Jul/Aug 2002 The early days if productions fiberglass boats were an exciting time based on the accounts of some of those ...
Plywood-and-epoxy kits add up to easier boatbuilding Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 People have been building small wooden boats for eons in a process often shrouded in mystery. Steam boxes and molds for la...
This famed designer of ocean cruisers is the son of a son of a sailor Issue 31 : Jul/Aug 2003 Do you ever wonder what goes through a yacht designer’s mind while reading a review of one of his boats? I...
Starting in a garage, cousins Clinton and Everett Pearson initiated an era in yachting history It’s a familiar story to sailing buffs. The Pearson cousins, Clinton and Everett, began the modern ...
Catalina Yachts: One big family Call the Woodland Hills headquarters of Catalina Yachts in California, and one thing strikes you right away about the choices the telephone answering system offers you....
Despite the popular notion today, fiberglass and plastic resins were not “new” technology in the mid-1950s, nor was Clinton Pearson the first person to use them to build sailboats. This be...
Most sailors have daydreamed about sailing away to escape life’s inevitable troubles . . . point the nose of your boat toward the horizon and keep going. Pat Henry didn’t daydream about it...