This old warhorse still performs with the best of them Issue 25 : Jul/Aug 2002 Take a seat in a yacht club late on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon, and you’ll hear racers recounting the highlights of t...
They roam the world’s oceans Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 The British manufacturers of Frances 26 sloops managed to characterize them perfectly in remarkably few words: “They routinely roam the world’s oc...
A used production boat is a bargain Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 Bob Perry told me that when he designed the Cheoy Lee 35 in 1978 he styled her after the Luders 33 and similar classic CCA-type cruiser/rac...
Living the dream with a Cheoy Lee 35 Issue 26 : Sept/Oct 2002 You’ve heard the story of the businessman who gives up his career to sail off into the sunset with the beautiful blonde? Well, Bob D...
Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 THE NOR’SEA 27 is one of those very rare birds, a true bluewater auxiliary cruiser of trailerable beam and, as such, she has become almost a cult boat. In looking for other yach...
They’re designed to be perfect yachts for ocean voyaging Issue 28 : Jan/Feb 2003 In the 1960s the Tom Gilmer-designed, Allied-built, Seawind ketch became the first fiberglass yacht to circumnavigate t...
A look at the Allied Seawind owned by the do-it-yourselfers’ guru Issue 28 : Jan/Feb 2003 Robin Lee Graham may never know how many people became sailors as a result of reading his three-part series in...
The Bristol 24: Relatively comfortable, stiff, and forgiving in extreme conditions Issue 29 : Mar/Apr 2003 This review is a bit unusual because, for the first time, I’ve selected a custom wooden yacht...
No boat’s without faults, but for these owners the Bristol 24 is near-perfect Issue 29 : Mar/Apr 2003 Dovekie Mike Whitehead and Jeff Gove, sailmakers with Pope Sails and Rigging Inc., in Rockland, Ma...
A talented aristocrat Issue 29 : Mar/Apr 2003 A Contessa 32 named Assent was fated to go down in nautical history when she was the only yacht in her class to finish a race marred by a storm so bad tha...
This fast, versatile, trailersailer is easy to launch, rig, and maintain Issue 29 : Mar/Apr 2003 Rob Anderson is one of those larger-than-life, overgrown kids who’s always up to his neck in some type ...
An architect crunches the numbers to compare performance Issue 30 : May/Jun 2003 The Montgomery 23 and the two similar small cruisers in this review are classed as “trailersailers.” The problem with a...
A neglected Lyle Hess classic receives royal treatment Issue 30 : May/Jun 2003 Serendipity brought a cherished cult boat into the hands of Bob and Sylvia Mann, and remarkable good fortune will bring t...
A canoe-sterned, yawl-rigged, trailerable pocket cruiser for two Issue 30 : May/Jun 2003 Start with shallow draft. Add handcrafted quality and a dash of salty conservatism. Voila! You’ve got a Rob Roy...
A comparison with three of its rivals Issue 34: Jan/Feb 2004 AVID NUMBER CRUNCHERS WILL SEE I’ve added a new item to the table below: the dates the boats were built. I feel this is significant for two...
No compromises in this powerful cruiser Issue 30 : May/Jun 2003 The Nicholson 31 is a deceptive boat. Above the waterline she has the lines of a sleek modern racer/cruiser. Her cabintop is low and str...
A good first boat, made for gunkholing Issue 31 : Jul/Aug 2003 In 1965, the South Coast Seacraft Company, then located in Shreveport, Louisiana, introduced two fin-keeled sailboats, the South Coast 21...
Comparing the Victoria 18 with three trailersailer cousins Issue 31 : Jul/Aug 2003 This comparison posed a few problems for several reasons. First, data on these boats was on the slim side, and no wat...
As pretty a little sloop as ever graced a Minnesota lake Issue 31 : Jul/Aug 2003 We figure Hal Newell can probably do just about anything, and lately sailboat refits figure prominently in what Hal wan...
This stylish performer offers racing speed with cruising comfort Issue 31 : Jul/Aug 2003 Can you believe this year’s America’s Cup regatta? For starters, each syndicate spent upward of $75 to $1...
Ted Hood’s lively centerboarder still a great performer Issue 32 : Sept/Oct 2003 The Pearson 35 and Tartan 34 first saw the light of day in the late 1960s, the Bristol 35.5C and Tartan 37 in the late ...
The Com-Pac 23 is a trailerable pocket cruiser with sturdy, traditional lines Issue 32 : Sept/Oct 2003 Florida resident Jim Lennox seems to have figured things out pretty well. He’s the antithesis of ...
A catboat with standing headroom and fixed keel? Here’s onesuch Issue 32 : Sept/Oct 2003 I’ve always loved catboats but never owned one. There always seemed to be limiting factors that made me look fo...
Sounds like a car, but this trailerable cruiser sails like a pedigree Herreshoff Issue 33 : Nov/Dec 2003 In 1965, the Chrysler Corporation entered the marine marketplace by acquiring Lone Star Boats a...
Three modified full-keel 31-footers Issue 33 : Nov/Dec 2003 The Eldredge-McInnis-designed perky little Eastward Ho 24 has always been one of my very favorite designs in her size range, a superb little...
She’s just a sweet, 31-foot boat that suits the Sandifers’ plan Issue 33 : Nov/Dec 2003 Bill and Genie Sandifer say it’s the boats they’ve owned over the years that have kept their marriage stro...
This bluewater cruiser inspires confidence Issue 33 : Nov/Dec 2003 Imagine you’re sitting ringside at a boxing arena. The announcer is decked out in a black tuxedo, his head covered by a mane of...
Taking a look at a 32-footer and a 36-footer from the same stable Issue 35 : Mar/Apr 2004 PDQ stands for Pretty Darned Quick. And that’s what PDQ catamaran yachts were designed to be. The Canadian boa...
Here’s a safe trailersailer and beach cruiser for a small family Issue 35 : Mar/Apr 2004 “Why don’t we go to the boat show tomorrow and look at small sailboats?” These innocent words were uttere...
A whole lot of cruisability in just 23 feet Issue 34: Jan/Feb 2004 GEORGE O’DAY, 1960 OLYMPIC sailing gold medalist and 1967 America’s Cup winner, was one of America’s leading production sailboat buil...
