Mailport 05/01/99
Inner ForestaysRegarding the inner forestay discussion in the January 15, 1999 issue, I would avoid linking the inner forestay matter with a staysail. Many...
PS Advisor 06/01/99
Squeaky BulkheadI have read with great interest Practical Sailors evaluation of the C&C Landfalls regarding floating bulkheads, which happens to be the cause of...
Mailport 06/01/99
SailmakingYour article on the sailmaking industry and sail materials was quite interesting and informative (February 1, 1999). As a naval architect, avid racer and...
PS Advisor 07/01/99
Bad BalsaThe balsa core of my 1981 Morgan 46 has eroded from the area in the cockpit around the binnacle. It is rather localized.The...
Mailport 07/01/99
Keel BoltsIn the April 1, 1999 issue a reader asked about replacement of keel bolts. I presume, from his question, that PSs position is...
PS Advisor 05/01/00
Hull/Keel Joint CracksMy husband and I own a 1978 Columbia 10.7 sailboat. When it came out of the water at the end of last...
Mailport 05/01/00
Battery BurnupIn your January 1, 2000 issue, Mr. Dale Botwin reported his experience with an inexpensive Group 24 starting battery getting very hot and...
PS Advisor 07/15/99
Holding Tanks and HosesMy brother-in-law and I are planning to install a holding tank in our 1970 Morgan 28. Ive tried to research the...
Mailport 07/15/99
Integrated InstrumentsRegarding the May 1, 1999 article on integrated instruments, all is not well in paradise with integration. I chose Autohelm in spite of...
Mailport 02/01/00
Rubber BulletsWhilst in St. Maarten/St. Martin, on my way back home from an Atlantic crossing, I happened to pass by a gunshop called CaribArm...
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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.
