A versatile trailerable that’s as divisive as it is popular Issue 90: May/June 2013 Perhaps there will never be a more controversial sailboat to appear on the pages of Good Old Boat than the MacGregor...
A fast club racer that accommodates four adults Issue 88 : Jan/Feb 2013 Rob Geisler needed a new sailboat. Not a new boat as in brand-new, but new as in bigger. He had graduated from a 13-foot Styrofo...
A low-profile high-value center-cockpit Issue 88 : Jan/Feb 2013 Founded by George O’Day, an Olympic gold medalist and crew on two successful America’s Cup defenders, the O’Day Corporation was at one t...
A fast and well-built Bill Lapworth design Issue 89 : Mar/Apr 2013 Each year, my wife, Sandy, and I look forward to early October, when we head for Annapolis and the U.S. Sailboat Show. Our fall 2012 ...
. . . and its club-racer contemporaries Issue 89 : Mar/Apr 2013 Almost every production builder in the late 1960s and early ’70s initially entered the market with a 27-footer, if not as its first boat...
She’s a modern example of “working sail” Issue 89 : Mar/Apr 2013 We began thinking of them as “the Tahoe Four.” There are other winter sailors on Lake Tahoe but this is the core group. Jim Hildinger i...
A stout bilge-keeler from across the pond Issue 91 : Jul/Aug 2013 What were you doing in 1975? John Vokaty, then 48 years old, was working in corporate accounting when his wife, Helen, strongly sugges...
A solid, dependable racer/cruiser that’s just plain fun to sail Issue 91 : Jul/Aug 2013 Boat reviewers are tasked with finding a good example of the subject boat to sail and photograph. When the C&...
A fast racer/cruiser from the early ‘90s Issue 90: May/June 2013 C&C Yachts enjoys a hard-won reputation for building strong, high-performance sailboats without neglecting cruising amenities or ap...
. . . and two fellow CCA keel/centerboarders Issue 91 : Jul/Aug 2013 I have to admit to having a prejudice toward keel/centerboarders — possibly due the fact that I own one — so I’m pleased to be look...
A fine example of Morgan Yachts’ debut design Issue 91 : Jul/Aug 2013 In July 2011, Dave Pickard of Davis Island Yacht Club in Tampa, Florida, was walking out of the locker room having just won anothe...
It’s neither mediocre nor boring Issue 98: Sept/Oct 2014 We go to Florida in January to get away from the cold north, but Florida weather conditions allowed the boat I tested near Jacksonville to live...
A handsome cruiser with highly evolved amenities Issue 92 : Sept/Oct 2013 Pearson Yachts updated several of its more popular designs in the late 1980s, releasing them as what is commonly referred to a...
Innovative design and a voluminous interior Issue 93 : Nov/Dec 2013 Hunter Marine builds enough boats, about 2,000 a year, to make it one of the leading producers of sailboats in the world. The compan...
Evaluating three variations on a theme Issue 93 : Nov/Dec 2013 In the article, “Defining a Pilothouse,” in the September 2013 issue, we looked at how the aft end of a sailboat’s coachroof is designed ...
A spacious and comfortable wing-keel cruiser Issue 93 : Nov/Dec 2013 A certain connection draws some sailors back to favored nameplates. Such was the case for Jeff and Liz Fleenor. Jeff was a longtime...
A well-built sloop with an unstayed mast Issue 94 : Jan/Feb 2014 Frustrated with the sailboat offerings of the time, Garry Hoyt decided to do something about it. The former advertising executive and c...
An innovative design that’s fast and fun Issue 95 : Mar/Apr 2014 Jack Wolf caught the sailing bug at the age of 18 aboard a friend’s 32-foot Columbia Sabre. He later owned and sailed trailerable boats...
A handsome and seasoned trailer-sailer Issue 95 : Mar/Apr 2014 Lenny and Carla Corin sailed Sunfish and Sailfish on the East Coast when they were teenagers. Then, as Carla puts it, “life and children”...
. . . and two more classic clippers Issue 95 : Mar/Apr 2014 The most obvious design feature of the Bill Luders Cheoy Lee Clipper 36 is the pronounced clipper bow, which is synonymous with the name of ...
Events will celebrate a classic’s half century Issue 96 : May/Jun 2014 The Alberg 30 class is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. In the early 1960s, Whitby Boat Works, Ltd., a Canadian manufa...
A sturdy sailing motorsailer Issue 96 : May/Jun 2014 Capital Yachts, the builder of the Gulf 32, was formed in 1971 by Jon Williams and Bill Smith when they bought the tooling for the Newport line of ...
Performance in Starck-ly beautiful French style Issue 97 : Jul/Aug 2014 A problem many inland sailors face is that they eventually get tired of sailing the same water. Two years ago, that is what poss...
A sweet sailer with an innovative interior Issue 98: Sept/Oct 2014 Dave and Aileen Gruendel are one of those rare and fortunate couples that does everything together. They met in graduate school at th...
A rare cat ketch and uncommonly good coastal cruiser Issue 97 : Jul/Aug 2014 Tom Curley pulled into the marina parking lot on his Victory motorcycle. We stood there admiring this eccentric machine, it...
. . . and two high-production contemporaries Issue 99 : Nov/Dec 2014 The Hunter 35.5 was one of the many boats built by Hunter whose design credit reads “Warren Luhrs and the Hunter Design Team.” Over...
She is loved for her comfort and speed Issue 99 : Nov/Dec 2014 She’s one of the sweetest, cleanest boats in the marina, and two of the best people own her. Bob and Barbara Pulyer’s 1989 Hunter 35.5 Le...
. . . and a pair of pocket trailerables Issue 99 : Nov/Dec 2014 Jim Luce, a good friend from the Nyack Boat Club, once described cruising in small boats as camping but with the added risk of drowning!...
Waltzing with the same partner for 40 years Issue 99 : Nov/Dec 2014 At the request of one of our faithful readers who has owned a Matilda 20 sloop since he bought one new in 1975, we decided to explor...
The boat Bill Shaw designed for himself Issue 101 : Mar/Apr 2015 When 33-year-old Don Sailors initially purchased Schurr Thing, 1976 Pearson 365 hull #38, he may have realized he was buying a proven a...
