Mailport 02/01/99
3M 5200After reading your review of marine sealants in the November 15, 1998 issue, I thought I would give you some observations concerning the...
PS Advisor 02/15/99
Silicone for LexanI am planning to replace the windows in my Sabre 28 and found your recent article on sealants helpful. I plan to...
Mailport 02/15/99
Keel BoltsYour October 1, 1998 issue had a PS Advisor on keel bolts. My experience removing large nuts and bolts on B 52 bombers...
PS Advisor 09/01/00
Inflatable vs. Hard DinghyI have recently bought a nice, old 38' Shannon ketch, and she has dinghy davits. I have no dinghy, but am...
Mailport 09/01/00
Battery Gas CorrosionSome comments on the battery-caused corrosion . Its a well-known problem, although most professional battery experts say that the batteries cannot release...
PS Advisor
Cleat StrengthI am upgrading the anchoring system on my Morgan 382. So far, Ive installed a 5/16" chain rode with a 45# CQR. By...
Mailport 05/15/00
Foss Foam RuddersIn reference to your article on rudder repair I would like to add the following. Since the 1960s the Foss Company in...
PS Advisor 04/01/99
Switch FailureIs there a special way to keep bilge sump switches? The reason I am asking is that the Rule-A-Matics on my Hunter 34...
Mailport 04/01/99
Anchor TestsIn regard to your anchor test in sand, you remarked that the Digger anchor refused to set, even though the inventor said he...
PS Advisor 05/01/99
CQR AnchorIn your anchor tests in sand (January 1, 1999) you rated a 22-lb. Bruce against a 35-lb. CQR. Why not a 33-lb. Bruce,...
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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.
