Bill Tripp Jr. designed the Columbia 45 to be a center-cockpit motor-sailer, but she’s more like a modern deck saloon before her time. From 1971 to 1976, Columbia Yachts built a total of 180 Columbia 45s. Many have crossed oceans and they make great live-aboards for coastal cruising and island hopping. FIRST IMPRESSIONS The Columbia... Continue Reading →
The Catalina 25 is a good racer/cruiser for inland and coastal waters available at reasonable prices. This sailboat benefits from a large user base, active owner’s forum, and easy availability of spare parts.
Ken Neumeyer penned a fantastic read titled Sailing the Farm. In it Neumeyer describes how a cruising sailor can make his boat a sailstead (like a homestead), whereby he can live on and by the sea for extended periods. This book is now out of print. The link below will let you download the book in... Continue Reading →
Today, the C&C Landfall 38 is a fantastic 38 foot cruiser, if you can get over it's wood cored hull. The C&C Landfall 38 is a masthead sloop designed by Robert Bell of C&C Yachts, built from 1979 to 1985. The Landfall 38 was designed for the cruising market and not for racing, which means that its... Continue Reading →
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