Mailport 05/01/98
New Glass RemovalMr. Piccolis January 15 letter has prompted me to write concerning the removal of New Glass. Having a 22-year-old Morgan Out Island,...
PS Advisor 05/15/98
Aries SourceI have a Seafarer 38 yawl with an Aries windvane self-steerer. The vane needs parts, some special bushings, bearings and so forth. I...
Mailport 05/15/98
Managing Boats My wife and I were five weeks into our year-long sabbatical aboard Harpswell, our 47-foot Alden ketch, when we realized there are...
PS Advisor 06/01/98
Epoxy vs. VinylesterSeveral boatyards and resin suppliers have given me strong but conflicting opinions on the subject of applying a two-part waterproofing barrier to...
Mailport 06/01/98
Bilge Pump CyclingArt Michaelsen queried you concerning the use of a counter to monitor cycling of the auto bilge pump while the boat is...
PS Advisor 07/01/98
Encapsulated KeelsOur Cheoy Lee 35 has an encapsulated keel. A North Channel of Lake Huron piloting error a few years ago led us to...
Mailport 07/01/98
Another Inner Forestay Stowage MethodThis system was on our CAL 39 when I bought it and works very well. We have a 140% genoa...
PS Advisor 07/15/98
Solar Panel Trickle ChargeWhat do you recommend for purchase of a small solar panel to keep my boat batteries charged? I use two small...
Mailport 07/15/98
Shrink Wrapping Painted HullsI covered my boat with shrink wrap this past winter for the first time. I followed all the advice concerning venting....
PS Advisor 08/01/98
Repairing Non-Skid FiberglassThe deck on our 1979 fiberglass boat has areas of molded-in non-skid with a textured pattern. The surface works very well; no...
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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.
