Sailboat Reviews — Boatowner Cruising and Racing Sailboats; Small Racing Sailboat & Daysailor Reviews

BOATOWNER BOAT REVIEWS
These reviews are by boatowners and include everything from trailerable sailboats to large cruisers, but most of them are in the 30- to 40-foot range and are cruising boats that are also used in casual racing - and some in serious racing. Submit a Boat Review (reviews are paid for)

SMALL BOAT (often race boats) REVIEWS
These reviews are by Dave Ellis of St. Petersburg, or Jabbo Gordon of Venice, FL. Dave ran the St. Pete Sailing Center for many years, has sailed and raced in Tampa Bay since the 1950s, and seems to have sailed almost everything out there. Jabbo has sailed all his life, runs the Venice Youth Boating Association and regularly teaches US SAILING courses.
    Small boat reviews are generally those small boats that have a strong racing class, but many of these are also just non-racing, popular small daysailers. Many, like the Sunfish, started out as a non-racing daysailer, and then they became so popular that racing classes developed. Yet the Sunfish is also one of the most popular beach rentals in the world. The reviews here reflect all aspects of these various boats. Request a boat to be reviewed

Read Online or PDF?
"Read Online" is page-turning software hosted by another website ("Readoz") and is quick to go to and easy. This is best if you don't have high-speed, broadband internet access and a fast computer. All our past issues are available at Readoz (or access them through Back Issues).
    If you want to save the pages to your computer at Readoz, click on the scissors icon on the bottom menu (you must have pop-ups turned on) and it will create a "scissors" tool. Move the tool to the top left corner of the page and hold your left mouse button down and drag a box to the bottom right corner of the page (you can do a two-page spread, but it's more memory), then release the mouse button and a box will appear asking you to SAVE TO DISK. Click that (it's better than sending - the other option offered), wait a few seconds, and save it in your computer (it will save as a JPEG). Save each page separately (or a two-page double spread in one wide image).

PDFS
PDFs can be read as the whole monthly issue PDF online or you can download the whole file to your computer, which takes some memory if you don't have high-speed broadband access and a fast computer.

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Note on Page Numbers:
When you click on the "Read Online" link it will take you straight to the article page and quickly. Not so for the PDF. Go to the magazine page number noted below and not the page number of  the PDF. 

The below reviews were all published in past issues of SOUTHWINDS