boat design

Pacific Seacraft building facility

Redemption Tour

Steve Brodie acquired Pacific Seacraft in 2007 out of bankruptcy. The company now builds 31- to 61-footers in North Carolina.

The expanded cockpit on this Oyster 625 is just about perfect, and includes a generous dodger over the companionway, a central table, loads of seating and open walk-throughs.

The Cockpit: Control Central

Design Trends/Part IV: Once a place to steer and trim — period — the contemporary cockpit has become a considered haven at rest and under way.

CCA Member Brad Willauer’s Breezing Up sports a number of clean energy sources, from sails, to wind generators, to solar panels.

Report from the Green Team

Cruising Club of America members put on their thinking caps to come up with environmentally friendly sailboat design recommendations.

How Sailboats Measure Up

Design ratios tell a story, but to get the real picture about a vessel, sail area, displacement, and ballast deserve a longer look.

Pacific Seacraft building facility

Redemption Tour

Steve Brodie acquired Pacific Seacraft in 2007 out of bankruptcy. The company now builds 31- to 61-footers in North Carolina.

The expanded cockpit on this Oyster 625 is just about perfect, and includes a generous dodger over the companionway, a central table, loads of seating and open walk-throughs.

The Cockpit: Control Central

Design Trends/Part IV: Once a place to steer and trim — period — the contemporary cockpit has become a considered haven at rest and under way.

CCA Member Brad Willauer’s Breezing Up sports a number of clean energy sources, from sails, to wind generators, to solar panels.

Report from the Green Team

Cruising Club of America members put on their thinking caps to come up with environmentally friendly sailboat design recommendations.

How Sailboats Measure Up

Design ratios tell a story, but to get the real picture about a vessel, sail area, displacement, and ballast deserve a longer look.

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