Home Authors Posts by Tom Egan

Tom Egan

4 POSTS 15 COMMENTS
Tom Egan is an engineer, inventor and lifelong sailor who cruises and races out of his home port Marblehead, Mass on his Cal 40 Misirlou, and just about any boat that will have him.

The Fastest Cruising Sailboat in the World?

What is the fastest cruising sailboat in the world—and can a monohull really compete with catamarans for speed while still being livable? In this...

Latest Sailboat Review

Morgan 34 Used Boat Review

By today's standards, the Morgan 34 is a small boat, comparable in accommodations to a lot of 30-footers. When the boat was designed, she was as big as most other boats of her overall length. In profile, the boat has a sweeping, moderately concave sheer. The ends of the boat are beautifully balanced: the bow profile is a slight convex curve, the overhanging counter aft is slightly concave. Esthetically, hull shapes of this period from the best designers are still hard to beat.