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The MacGregor 22 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Roger MacGregor as a cruiser and first built in 1967. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The design was developed into the Venture 222 in 1971, with just some minor changes.
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Production for the Coronado '25 began in 1964. It was the first boat with a one piece interior, making the boat stronger, lighter, and less expensive than previous models. In 1968, Butler sold Coronado to Whittaker which already owned Columbia Yachts which was purchased from Dick Valdes in 1967. They also had acquired several power boat ...
The boat has a draft of 3.50 ft (1.07 m) with the standard keel and 2.50 ft (0.76 m) with the optional shoal draft wing keel, while the swing-keel-equipped version has a draft of 5.00 ft (1.52 m) with the keel extended and 2.00 ft (0.61 m) with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer. [14] [15] Catalina 22 Sport
The design was originally built by Douglass & McLeod in the United States, but the company went out of business in 1971. Since then production has passed to several American builders, including the Clark Boat Company, W. D. Schock Corp, Northwest One Design and the current builder since 1975, Great Midwest Yacht Company. More than 4,000 boats ...
In March 1967, a 28-year-old British merchant marine officer, Robin Knox-Johnston, realised that a non-stop solo circumnavigation was "about all there's left to do now".". Knox-Johnston had a 32 foot (9.8 m) wooden ketch, Suhaili, which he and some friends had built in India to the William Atkin Eric design; two of the friends had then sailed the boat to South Africa, and in 1966 Knox-Johnston ...
Merritt gained particular notoriety during the 1950s through the 1970s with its 37- and 43-foot (13 m) custom sport fishing boats, which, together with boats like those being built at the same time by Rybovich, gave birth to a new category of fishing yachts and helped fuel the growth of big game sportfishing in the United States and around the ...
The owner and operator of Silver Shadow III, Plaxton, [22] "decided not to participate" in the 1983 Admiral's Cup, [20] and his yacht's place was taken by another C&C boat, Magistri, which was also designed in 1982. [23] [20] This Cup team of three boats managed a fifth-place finish, [24] an all-time high for Canada. [4]