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To reduce the cost of owning a boat, consider buying a used boat in good condition. For instance, a new current-year Tahoe T16 bowrider is about $27,000. The same model a few years older is about ...
The Invitation is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a catboat rig with aluminum spars and a loose-footed mainsail. The hull has built-in foam for buoyancy. The sail is without sail battens, is installed over the two-piece mast with a sewn-in sleeve and can be wrapped around the mast.
The boat has a draft of 3.67 ft (1.12 m) with the centerboard extended and 4 in (10 cm) with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer. [ 1 ] For sailing the design is equipped with hiking straps , a trapeze , an outhaul , boom vang , a high-mounted boom and a mainsheet traveler .
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "best features: One of the best things about owning a popular boat like the Catalina 25 is the automatic chance to make new friends among the thousands of existing C25 owners. Among the reasons for the boat's phenomenal popularity was her low first cost, whether new or used.
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The Cal 3-24, also called the Cal 24-3 and the Cal 24 (Hunt) is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by C. Raymond Hunt Associates as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1983. [1] [2] [3] The boat was an entirely new design to replace the C. William Lapworth-designed Cal 2-24 in the Cal Yachts product line. [1]
The Raven is a recreational sailboat, originally built of cold molded plywood. In 1951 it was converted to be constructed of fiberglass , with teak wood trim, including the cockpit coaming . It has a fractional sloop rig with aluminum spars, including a double-spreader mast, supported by stainless steel standing rigging .
The wooden Sailfish began as the 11-foot, 7 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch (3.5 m) "Standard" model. Shortly after its inception a larger, 13-foot, 7-inch (4.2 m) "Super" model was made available. In the early years the spars were made from Sitka spruce and the sail was silk. Historic photos show sails with as many as 10 panels and even small battens inserted ...