A great cruiser by any name … including Panda and Tashiba Issue 20 : Sept/Oct 2001 An invasion of boats constructed in Asia began landing on the Pacific shores during the mid-70s, when the Ameri...
Issue 21 : Nov/Dec 2001 The Dana 24 is the second-smallest boat in the series of production boats manufactured by the Pacific Seacraft Corporation (PS) in California. PS has earned a nationwide reputa...
An honestly biased look at a much-revered racer/cruiser Issue 22 : Jan/Feb 2002 Lest there be any confusion about where I’m coming from, I think that, despite her age, the Cal 40 is as legitimate a “p...
A raised-deck Crocker design that still receives admiring glances Issue 22 : Jan/Feb 2002 The Stone Horse is a vessel I’ve long admired. Her design was based on a wood yacht from the board of S. S. Cr...
Sam Crocker’s traditionally styled fiberglass 23-footer is still much sought-after Issue 22 : Jan/Feb 2002 Of the 150 Stone Horses built since 1971, only hull #2 is missing. The builders, Edey & D...
A Luders 33 by any other name would sail as sweetly Issue 23 : Mar/Apr 2002 The Sea Sprite 34 in one of the few Luders auxiliaries created since 1960 that I didn’t have a hand in. On the other hand, I...
An ongoing do-it-yourself project Issue 23 : Mar/Apr 2002 One big do-it-yourself project.” According to Bruce and Nancy Worster, this accurately describes their marriage, raising a family, and in part...
Old-fashioned, cocky, seakindly Issue 23 : Mar/Apr 2002 The British coastline is rugged and convoluted around Falmouth, Cornwall. The tides run fast, and the wind blows stormily from the southwest. A ...
This unconventional two-master boasts speed and simplicity Issue 24 : May/June 2002 The first thing you notice is the freestanding masts. Next you see the wide sidedecks, which are clear of chainplate...
Built for cruising and round-the-buoys fun Issue 24 : May/June 2002 The Sabre 30 is a fine example of the modern club racer/coastal cruiser and stacks up very well indeed against much of the competiti...
Sabre 30 provides solace and cruising adventures for Maine couple Issue 24 : May/June 2002 I don’t want to drift around in those rag boats,” David Taft remembers complaining when his father forc...
Good safe coastal cruiser, but no world-girdler Issue 25 : Jul/Aug 2002 In the mid-to-late 1960s, many designers, myself included, were turning out full-keel auxiliaries such as the Luders 33, my own ...
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...
