by Eric Aaland | Jan 15, 2010 | Boat de Jour |
Another Ranger that has caught our eye, one in particular listed for $9000 at a local boat yard, is the Ranger 28. Gary Mull designed this boat with the first ones being produced in 1976. They had a short run, only lasting two years I believe. Gary had at least 46...
by Eric Aaland | Jan 3, 2010 | Boat de Jour, General |
Yesterday I received my new Cruising World, its their annual Boat of the Year issue. As I was skimming over all the beautiful winners, I remembered something I just read in Sailing Magazine. It is no secret that the numbers of sailors are in decline and boat builders...
by Eric Aaland | Dec 12, 2009 | Boat de Jour |
LOA: 29.96′ DWL: 25.25′ Displacement: 7950 lbs. Ballast: 3830 Beam: 10.08′ Currently we are lusting after this Tartan model for our boat of the day. We saw one for sale at a marina in Lake City, MN this past September when we spent the weekend on our sailboat, Var...
by Eric Aaland | Dec 1, 2009 | Boat de Jour |
LOA –17′ 5″ LWL — 15′ 5″ BEAM — 7′ 5″ DRAFT, Board up — 1′ 6″ DRAFT, Board down — 4′ 3″ Displacement — 1100 lbs. Ballast — 350 lbs Sail area — 145 sq. ft. Mast height above DWL — 27′ Designer: – Jim Taylor Our current perfect sailboat, which we purchased brand...
by Eric Aaland | Nov 24, 2009 | Boat de Jour |
One of the things I’ve been contemplating, is whether a bolted on keel is preferable or whether one that is molded in to the hull would be the best. When I first started thinking about this I immediately came to the conclusion that a molded in version would be safer...
by Eric Aaland | Nov 22, 2009 | Boat de Jour |
One of the boats in the running for boat de jour is the venerable Ranger 30. Designed by C. Raymond Hunt, this boat has the classic good looks of the 70’s era, at least to our eye. One of the things we like about the Ranger 30 is of course the reasonable prices that...
