Cal 28 vs Cascade 29 vs Catalina 28

[Adelie]

Originally Posted by Seafarer24

I thought the New Horizons 26 built by Ray Greene in the '50s was the first production fiberglass auxillary?

Otherwise- in order to contribute -I say go for the Cal. The flush-decked designs can be modified to have a small raised section over the companionway like this one in FL:
'74 Cal 27' Sailboat

According to SailboatData.com the New Horizons was built starting in 1961 by Ray Greene & Co to an S&S design.
NEW HORIZONS 26 sailboat specifications and details on sailboatdata.com

There are a number of raised deck Cals, 20, 24.2, 25, 28 and a single example of the Cal 40. There are a number of other manufactures that did the same, but not that many models. (Columbia 29 Defender, Islander30, Islander24 Bahama, Columbia24 Challenger and arguably the Coronado 25&27)

The raised deck Cal mentioned above is a T/2 (IOR 1/2ton). The bubble top on it is factory original, not a modification. CAL T/2 sailboat specifications and details on sailboatdata.com

[evm1024]

Originally Posted by Adelie

The company changed hands about 2-3 yr ago, moved to Seaside OR, briefly, then up to a small town outside of Astoria,OR.


The Cascade 29 is, to the best of my knowledge, the fiberglass sailboat with the longest production run ever. It was introduced in 1961 and is still available to order.

More worthless trivia is that the Chinook 34 (built by Yacht Constructors, the original name for what is now Cascade Yachts) arguably predates the Triton as the first production fiberglass sailboat. The arguable part is that the original run of Chinooks was a bunch of buddies building several hulls for themselves. Others liked the results and wanted boats too, so a couple of the buddies established a company to fill them.

Well darn! Shows you how out of date I am. I was in a class with one of the owners wife the other day and knew she drove in from Astoria. Never thought that The company moved to the Coast....

As a side note I saw Wade Cornwell at a RCYC function the other day. He makes it down to Rose City often. Also, Hans Geerling is still a member too.

REgards

[Mattcdm]

Well I don't think Catalina 28 would be in your price range....

[mangomuffins]

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[mangomuffins]

duh... forgot the link

Atom Voyages - Good Old Boats List