Sailboat Reviews

PDQ 32

Our first look at PDQ catamarans was when we test sailed its 36-footer (see the review elsewhere in this book). Much of what we...

Caliber 33

When the McCreary brothers (Michael, a naval architect, and George, a business major) got out of college, they built a boat in their garage....

Melges 24

If sailboats were defined in human terms, the Melges 24 could easily be described as having the attributes of a precocious three-year-old who hadn’t...

Catalina 27

Catalina Yachts is a strange company. The builder does no advertising—it’s left up to the local dealers. The operation is owned and run by...

Santana 2023

With the introduction two years ago of the Santana 2023, one of the newer waterballasted trailerables, the W.D. Schock Corp. in Southern California offered...

Catalina 250

The Catalina 250 is one of a group of relatively lightweight, shallow-draft trailerable cruising boats that appeared in the mid-1990s, utilizing water ballast to...

Frers 41

The Frers 41 was introduced in 1988, one of four collaborations between designer German Frers and builder Carroll Marine of Bristol, Rhode Island, which...

Chrysler 22

We’re still not sure if there’s a nationwide resurgence of interest in trailer sailers, but judging from the mail we receive, it certainly seems...

Beneteau Oceanis 350

Beneteau is the largest builder of sailboats in the world. The French company has made its mark not only in Europe, but in the...

Ultimate 20

In the late 80’s, the landscape was littered with the remains of boatbuilding companies that couldn’t cut to fit. The conventional wisdom was that...

How to Clean Your Sail Track

Main sail giving you trouble? If hoisting or taking down your main sail is difficult, main sail track cleaning may be just what you...

Latest Sailboat Review

Cheoy Lee Clipper 36 & 42 Used Boat Review

Cheoy Lee Shipyards of Hong Kong has been a commercial builder since the early 1900s and is one of the first molders of fiberglass...