PS Advisor: 12/01
Bottom Paint Out of WaterI have read several of your test comparisons of bottom paints and found them useful. However, there is one point...
Mailport: 12/01
Plastimo RespondsI read your steering compass review (August 1) and am writing to add some facts and pertinent information omitted regarding Plastimo and Plastimo...
PS Advisor: 11/15
Transom DragWhen my 1976 Tartan gets going I notice that my reverse transom becomes partially submerged. I think this must create quite a draft...
Mailport: 11/15
Personal Rescue LightsAs a long-time subscriber, I continue to find your articles well done and extremely useful. Regarding the review of personal rescue lights...
PS Advisor: 11/01
Aluminum Fuel Tank Mounting and CorrosionI need to replace a 27-year-old steel diesel tank in my wood Dickerson 41. New custom tanks seem to...
Mailport: 11/01
Ralph KershawOur sport, the marine industry, and many of us personally lost a man ofhonesty, integrity, professionalism, and deep knowledge on September11, 2001. Less...
PS Advisor: 10/15
Compasses and DipThank you for your informative article on Steering Compasses (August1). I was wondering if the Sestrel Major Binnacle Sailboat Compass is still...
Mailport: 10/15
Firefighting OptionsThis past weekend my wife and I witnessed a 25-ft. Bayliner burn to the point that the only thing recognizable on the vessel...
PS Advisor: 10/01
Balsa vs. Foam CoresOK, I admit-I am cheating a bit. While my first love is sailing and I am the proud owner of a...
Mailport: 10/01
Techni-IceAs a longtime subscriber to Practical Sailor, I have rarely found much reported information that I would disagree with. Also, my wife and I...
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Cal 2-27 Used Boat Review
Our story begins in 1970, with the introduction of the Cal 29. Looking for something similar but a bit smaller, the company asked designer Bill Lapworth for a 27-footer, which at first was the Cal 27, a fin keel, spade rudder design with a convertible pop top; another incarnation of this basic hull was the T/2. But the concept of the 29 found its full expression in the Cal 2-27, which began production in 1975 and continued to 1977, after which it was again modified and called simply the Cal 27...again. Production of it ceased in 1986.
