AtomVoyages Good Old Boats

In 1972 Bruce Bingham designed the Flicka to be one of the smallest offshore capable pocket cruisers. Built first by Nor-star with some available as owner-finished kits. Pacific Seacraft then built 434 Flickas from 1978 to around 1994.

726 boats built between 1969-83. Outboard motor well or inboard diesel option. Similar in some dimensions to the Cape Dory 25D. Earlier models called the Sailstar 24 are reported to have concrete/iron ballast and shallow bilge. If the bilge is only about 6" deep, its' the Sailstar.

George Stadel design. 846 boats built between 1972-82. A similar version was built earlier by Allied Boat Company as the Greenwich 24. The 25D version listed below is a different design with diesel inboard. The 25 has an outboard well in lazarette.

Built in Holland in the 1960’s. Several versions available, including the Seafarer with more beam and draft in later models. Some came with an outboard well.

Pluses: Long, full keel makes for shallow draft. Roomy for its size which is closer to 24' on deck not counting the molded in bowsprit. 6' headroom.

Alberg design. 184 built between 1981-85. Main salon has 5’11” headroom. Large head and shower in place of V-berth.

Designed by David Sadler based on the International Folkboat. Several hundred were built in Canada as the Taylor 26 and in the UK as Contessa 26. After 1983 the Taylor 26 began using lead ballast instead of iron, lowered the cabin sole for more headroom and stability, amidships hatch added for light

Alberg design. 78 were built between 1984-88. Most have an outboard motor well in lazarette.

Updated Tord Sunden designed fiberglass version of the original 25’ wooden folkboat. Built by various manufacturers of similar design mostly from Sweden and Denmark between 1967-84. Different models varied in areas such as cockpit design, inboard engine or outboard options, aluminum masthead or wood

One of Alberg’s finest. The Pearson Commander 26 is the same hull design as the Ariel, but much shorter cabin and longer cockpit make the Commander better suited to daysailing. Atomic 4 inboard or outboard motor well in lazarette. Active owners association.

Henry Mohrschladt designed double-ended cutter built in the mid to late 1970's.

Double-ended cutter or 7/8 sloop designed by Chuck Paine. About 42 built by Morris Yachts, also called the Morris 26. Others were built by Victoria Marine in Britain and called the Victoria 26. Flush-decked or 6’ headroom in cabin trunk version.

This UK built boat's shallow draft and ability to stand upright on her twin keels may be a priority for some sailors which is why I made an exception to this list's modified full keel requirement and included it here. Some 2,500 were built from 1969-80. A friend of ours completed a solo circumnaviga

At least two versions were built in the 1960’s at the Honk Kong yard.

Bill Crealock design built from 1984-99. 18HP Yanmar diesel standard. Sloop or cutter rig with 3' long bowsprit.

Over 3,400 of these boats were built in Sweden between the mid 1960’s to 1979. 5'10" headroom in salon and galley.

Alberg design that closely resembles the slightly larger Pearson Triton. About 337 built by Clint Pearson from 1966-78. Outboard motor well in lazarette standard. Optional Atomic 4 inboard. Some differences between cruising model, dinette model and the weekender that has shortened cabin and too larg

Alberg design. 227 built between 1976-84. 5'10" headroom. Diesel engine standard but with 30 inches between transom and rudder post it could be converted to an outboard well to simplify if desired.

Designed by Alan Buchanan in 1968. Some 200 were built in UK by Offshore Yachts. Full keel with slightly cutaway forefoot with transom hung rudder.

Lyle Hess design built in fiberglass at Sam L. Morse yard in California. Other similar versions were built at other yards. Currently built at Cape George Marine.

Designed by Robert Harris who also designed the Vancouver 27/28. Up to about 40 of these pocket cruisers were built mostly in Taiwan around the early 1980's. A few may have been built in Thailand and California. Full keel with slightly cutaway forefoot and short bowsprit.

Only 26 of these were built by John Kaiser, Sr. of Wilmington, Del.

Daniel Avourer designed double ended cutter built by Voyager in 1980's. Diesel inboard standard.

British built long-keeler with shallow draft, cutter rigged with a self-tacking boomed staysail and the mast in a tabernacle.

Bill Luders design built by C. E. Ryder. 6’ headroom.

About 700 of these S&S design keel/centerboard cruisers were built between 1961-79. The boats built before the 1976 raised sheer redesign had a classic stepped deckhouse and were more cramped inside, but are preferred by some for their aesthetics and more accessible deck layout.

Designed by Robert Harris as a sturdy ocean passage maker. Cutter rigged with outboard rudder. Built first from 1973-88 in British Columbia on semi-production basis. Later built in Britain by Pheon Yachts who reportedly added a few inches of tumblehome to make her a bit stiffer. Then built by Norths

Alberg design. About 389 built between 1975-84. Most were powered by two-cylinder 15-hp Volvo diesels that may be reaching the end of their lifespan.

Bill Luders design. Inboard diesel standard. Tiller or wheel options.

Some 250 were built in Denmark between 1964-80. Transom/keel-hung rudder.

A very heavily constructed double-ended, full keel cruiser. Cutter rig with bowsprit. Built in the 1980's.

Chuck Paine design built by Morris Yachts.

Designed by Carl Alberg in 1959 with over 700 built until 1967. Some were built on the West Coast with slight design and construction differences.

Philip Rhodes design built by Seafarer in Holland in the 1960's. Don’t confuse with Gary Mull design Ranger 28.

About sixty of these high quality Walter Shultz design cutters were built by Shannon Yachts of Bristol, R.I. since 1978. Modified full keel with cutaway forefoot and full skeg-protected rudder. Two-cylinder Yanmar.

About 60 were built at a small yard in Hong Kong.

Some 60 of these smaller sister to the popular, but heavy Westsail 32 were built.

Like her smaller sister the 26’ Centaur, this Laurent Giles designed British boat is listed here among modified full-keelers mainly because its shallow draft and ability to stand upright on her twin keels may be priorities for some sailors.

Some were built in wood. Of the fiberglass versions, some 300 were built by Compass Yachts of New Zealand from early 1970’s until 1984. Differences to Herreshoff’s original design are a lifted sheer, longer cabin trunk with raised dog house with lowered keel to compensate for increased headroom, and

Built in Ontario. Available sloop or cutter with built-in bowsprit.

Designed by Halsey C. Herreshoff. 169 built by Bristol Yachts, Rhode Island from 1966-71. Fixed keel and centerboard versions available.

Henry Morschladt designed Cutter rig with bowsprit. 6’1” headroom.

Thomas Gillmer design. Airex cored hulls.

Lyle Hess design built by various yards over the years. One of the larger “trailerable” offshore cruisers. Rig height varied by 4-foot for heavy and light air versions.

One of Alberg's last designs built in the 1980s as a modernized version of the Alberg 30.

Sparkman & Stephens design built by Columbia Yachts. Apparently some 300 MKI and MKII versions were built between 1962-67 but I noticed only two were on the market when I did a google search in January 2009. Also some raised deck models were built as the Defender 29. Main design of hull and deck and

CR Holman design built in UK during 1960's.

Built by Wayfarer Yachts of Costa Mesa, CA. beginning in 1969. Also called the Wayfarer 29.

Designed by Bill Tripp. About 50 were built in Holland, mostly by Devries Lentsch Amsterdam Boatyard between 1963-?. 6'1" headroom in salon and less forward. 6'4" long settee/bunks. Keel-stepped aluminum mast with spruce spreaders and roller reefing spruce boom. Atomic 4 gas engine.

Alberg design. Some 750 built by Whitby Boat Works in Ontario from 1962-84. Most of the keel hung rudders are fiberglass composite. Around 1970 there were several changes made including going to a fiberglass interior hull liner, adding a molded fiberglass toe rail with teak cap instead of an all tea

Thomas Gilmer design built by Allied Boat Company of New York. 161 boats were launched between 1962 to 73 of which about 10 were sloop or cutter rigged. First fiberglass boat to circumnavigate. Don't confuse with the Seawind II which is a foot longer and has wheel steering.

Halsey C. Herreshoff sloop design, 174 built from 1968-1978, based on the Bristol 29 hull.

C.W. Lapworth design built by Jensen Marine in the 1960's. Not to be confused with the fin keel spade rudder Cal 2-30.

Alberg design. 363 built between 1976-86. Tiller or wheel steering available.

Available as ketch or sloop. Built in Hong Kong from 1962-67 in wood and fiberglass.

Bill Luders design built in Hong Kong. Apparently most came with wheel steering though some have a tiller.

Designed by Chuck Paine. Built by Morris Yachts from 1980 on. Sometimes referred to as the Morris 29. A similar design but with canoe transom is the Morris Leigh 30, which is a scaled up version of the Frances 26.

William Garden design. Some 250 sloops, as well as some pilothouse versions and ketch rigs were built in Redmond, WA from about 1960-84.

Cecil Lange design cutter rig with bowsprit built in Port Townsend.

Built in Hong Kong by Cheoy Lee in sloop or ketch rig. in the 1960's.

Maurice Griffiths design sloop or cutter, mostly built in the UK, first in hard chine plywood and later in fiberglass. Full keel with bilge plates.

Over 900 hulls built by Hallberg-Rassy in Sweden between 1974-82.

Built in the UK by Caper & Nicholson as an updated version of the Nicholson 32 which would be on this list as well if not for it's excessive 5'6" draft.

Crealock design. Early models available with optional tiller, although wheel steering is more common. Some boats have an open interior plan instead of the usual closed off V-berth.

William Crealock design based on a modified Kendall 32 which was descended from the double-ended Colin Archer pilot boats. About 830 W32's were built between 1971-80 of which about half were owner finished kits.

Thomas Gilmer designed double-ended cutter with external rudder. Airex cored hulls. Two standard interior layouts – one with standup nav station over a large locker and one with quarterberth. A larger though similar Gilmer design is the Aries 32 , but only about 20 of those were built.

Available with tiller or wheel. Mark II version has bowsprit extended by one foot and a few other variations.

Lyle Hess design built in fiberglass at Sam L. Morse yard in California. Some were built under license at other yards. Currently built at Cape George Marine.

Phil Rhodes design. Most of the 400 some boats built between 1963-67 were rigged as masthead sloop. Relatively narrow beam with long overhangs make her less roomy than many 32-footers, but her lines are sweet and she sails well.

Phil Rhodes design similar to his Pearson Vanguard with less beam and deeper draft and more tradition looking square cabin top. About 95 were built in Denmark between 1961-65.