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What was your reason for buying a Cal sailboat?

by Bradley A Destache

May 8, 2008

I'm just looking for some ideas on what it was that brought us all to buying a Cal. You know the designer, the lines, or the construction.
My first, a Cal 25 cheap enough for me to get on the water. It took alot of work to get her up to a safe sailing vessel. After that she was perfect for taking me into a different skill level. Now with my current Cal it was the shear lines that caught my first attraction. Then with the way she was built and taken care of I couldn't say no(after some negotiation on the price).

I would really like to hear your story and see some photos.

Bradley D.

www.windthief.com
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    Reggie

    The V berth was long enough for me to sleep in. Little did we know what a great boat our T/2 would be. Next boat had to have full standing headroom. The CAL Cruising 36 fit the bill.
    Tough, great sailijng boats.
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    Sep 22, 2008

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      Ron Lofstrom

      Previously, my wife and I had a Columbia 24 "iBoat" which I raced for two years with the Stockton Sailing Club, on the California Delta, but it was too small, no standing headroom, but we finally had a sailboat of our own to enjoy. We currently have a 1979 Cal 2-27, "Jackson" which we love and have spent may a night aboard in the Delta waterways for two years. I have sailed in San Francisco Bay, and coastal waters to Monterey, Santa Cruz, & Half Moon Bay several times both as crew and in the Cal. Standing headroom, the enclosed head, were the big plus's for my wife. It is the minimum size for us in for a overnight getaway from the house and cruising the Delta. Wishing for a Cal 31.
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      May 4, 2009

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        walter

        I friend found this boat in really bad shape, and I fell in love with the thick solid hull potential.
        Now I'm fixing it (never end) and living onboard

        May 29, 2009