An example of innovative French style Issue 79: July/Aug 2011 French naval architect Michel Dufour began designing yachts in the 1960s. Perhaps his best-known design is the elegant Arpège (1966), a 30...
Against fellow cruisers with clipper bows Issue 79: July/Aug 2011 This is an unusual group as clipper-bowed small boats have been fairly rare in mass production. Aesthetically, I can see the problem, ...
Sunshine lights up two ladies’ lives Issue 79: July/Aug 2011 When Joan “Jo” Lyon started to consider what she would do for pleasure when she finished working on her Ph.D., she looked at two possibilit...
A swift, sweet, and well-mannered all-rounder Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 Dave Gow’s Ranger 26, Bandit, was built in 1973 and he’s owned her since 2006. Over the years, the boat’s several skippers have w...
. . . with two contemporary classic cruisers Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 The Mistral 33, Ericson 35, and Seafarer 34 are classics by three top designers representing some of the best of a good era: the l...
A Swedish classic is the retirement plan he can live on Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 When Stephen Thompson reached 50, he didn’t have a midlife crisis in the same way that most do. He didn’t buy a red Cor...
A popular and hospitable cruiser from Canada Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 In the late 1960s, a Chinese immigrant by the name of Ti Ouyang founded Ouyang Boat Works in Whitby, Ontario. His first offering, ...
An Alberg 30 takes a racing sailor into his cruising years Issue 81 : Nov/Dec 2011 When Dave Terrell began the refit of Scholarship II, his 1970 Alberg 30, his plan was to create a cruising sailboat t...
A versatile workboat expanded its range Issue 81 : Nov/Dec 2011 Of all man’s artifacts, the one most like a living thing is a sailboat. This is especially so for the traditional working boat built by ...
. . . and a pair of CCA-style contemporaries Issue 81 : Nov/Dec 2011 I was quite pleased to hear the Luders 36 was to be a feature boat as A.E. “Bill” Luders Jr. was my boss and mentor from 1960 to th...
. . . an ode to classic design Issue 81 : Nov/Dec 2011 The morning light dawned on a quiet anchorage on the west coast of Florida. Not far from where our boat was anchored, one boat stood out proudly ...
An easily towed water-ballasted trailersailer Issue 81 : Nov/Dec 2011 The Santana 2023 has a tall family tree dating to the early days of production fiberglass boats. W.D. “Bill” Schock, like many boa...
. . . meets veterans designed for similar goals Issue 83: March/April 2012 In this issue we have three 30-foot-waterline cruiser/racers, all designed originally for serious ocean racing with cruising ...
. . . with two variations on the theme Issue 82 : Jan/Feb 2012 Note: In an editorial snafu, we didn’t make it clear to Ted that the feature boat is a centerboard version of the Bristol 35.5 so his com...
In Bristol condition and a fine place to be Issue 82 : Jan/Feb 2012 Her dark blue hull laid down to a building breeze funneling through the Mississagi Strait, one of three entrances to Ontario’s North...
She’s seen a lifetime of devotion Issue 83: March/April 2012 John Keats wrote, “a thing of beauty is a joy forever.” And although it’s unlikely that the poet was thinking about a sailboat as he penned...
Advanced concepts in styling and design Issue 82 : Jan/Feb 2012 Walking down the dock on review day, I couldn’t help but notice the sharp contrast between Jeff Carey’s 1989 Hunter Vision 32, Endolyne,...
On the sharp end in performance and quality Issue 82 : Jan/Feb 2012 While in Burlington, Vermont, looking for a way to get out on beautiful Lake Champlain, I had a chance to sail Trilogy, Fred and Vic...
A Latin beauty for bluewater cruising Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 I first saw a Cabo Rico at a sailboat show in the early 1980s and was smitten. However, as I was retired from the Marine Corps on half-pay...
. . . with a contemporary and a successor Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 Note: Ted Brewer selected the boats and tabulated the data but, due to unforeseen circumstances, was unable to write for this issue hi...
A life’s love of sailboats summed up in Finesse Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 Over the years, Texan Richard Beard has owned nearly two dozen boats, but his heart has always gone out to Alberg designs. It’s ...
A perky pocket cruiser built in great numbers Issue 83: March/April 2012 It’s often said that numbers don’t lie. Using that adage as a benchmark, the Pearson 26, with more than 700 hulls produced, qua...
A true cruiser/racer, with emphasis on the latter Issue 83: March/April 2012 Skylark already had a long Great Lakes racing career when Al and Lorelei Goodman of Beloit, Wisconsin, acquired the 1974 C&...
A lot of boat in a small, stout package Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 Starting a business venture requires nerve and dedication, and the first product must be good if the company is to succeed. George and M...
A sturdy club racer and coastal cruiser Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 Humphrey Bogart’s sleek and much-loved yacht, Santana — a contraction of “Santa Ana” — was named for the katabatic winds that blow throu...
An innovative and popular design from the early 1980s Issue 85 : Jul/Aug 2012 Warren Luhrs founded Hunter Marine in 1972 and within a year introduced his first sailboat, the Hunter 25. For his initial...
. . . and CCA centerboard contemporaries Issue 85 : Jul/Aug 2012 First built in 1960, and rigged as either a yawl or a sloop, the Mercer 44 goes back to the dawn of fiberglass boat-building. That made...
A spacious coastal cruiser Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 Bob Barclay, a professional home inspector, and his wife, Cyndi, owned and sailed a Catalina 28 on Missouri’s Mark Twain Lake. While they both agreed...
A pretty sturdy trailersailer with a swing keel Issue 87 : Nov/Dec 2012 The lovely lines of the dark blue hull caught my eye one weekend while sailing on Lake Mendota near Madison, Wisconsin. I said t...
. . . and two more true double-enders Issue 87 : Nov/Dec 2012 In the September 2012 issue we looked at three “second generation” cruising boats that had fin keels and separate rudders on handsome cano...
