Catalina 36 MK II
This recent update of this extraordinarily popular 18-year-old Catalina 36 MK II design is a good all-around boat. Owners’ main complaint is with interior woodwork.
Special Boatbuying Section: How Not To Get Ripped Off
Boat brokers and surveyors are an honest lot. Even so, it’s a big investment. Protect yourself.
Special Boatbuying Section:Stick With the Pros On Loans
There are more details involved in boatbuying than your local banker probably knows about.
Special Boatbuying Section:What’s She Worth?
Do-it-yourself techniques for making an accurate estimate of a used boat’s value.
In the Matter of Boatbuying…
It helps if you're not some sort of swivel-necked Lothario, panting after every transom that glides by. It helps if you have a calm,...
Special Boatbuying Section:How Not To Get Ripped Off
Boat brokers and surveyors are an honest lot. Even so, it’s a big investment. Protect yourself.
Special Boatbuying Section:WhatÂ’s She Worth?
Do-it-yourself techniques for making an accurate estimate of a used boat’s value.
Express 34, Hobie 33, Olson 34
Three of the ‘best from the west,’ these performance sloops have been out of production for 15 years but are still hot because they’re fast and built well enough for blue-water sailing.
Freedom 35
Production of this Dave Pedrick design started in 1993 and continues today. An optional package for traditional headsails is a departure from Freedom’s self-tending legacy.
Tanzer 22
We originally reviewed the Tanzer 22 in the December 1, 1981 issue, but a friend of ours did such a good job restoring the 25-year-old T-22 he inherited from his father that we decided to take a second look.
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Practical Sailor Logbook – September 2026
This month we tour the Hans Christian 48T — the offshore cruiser many sailors call the holy grail — walk the custom Antigua 60...
Video: Morgan 44 Review – The Catalina Cruiser Everyone Forgot
The 1989 Morgan 44 is a big center-cockpit cruising sailboat with Catalina DNA—but it may be one of the most overlooked boats of its...
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Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 42 DS Used Boat Review
This boat is dangerous for one simple reason—it looks like the answer. It’s big enough, pretty enough, modern enough, and suddenly, somehow, almost affordable...
