Author Archive | John McAllister

Never Alone owned by Paul and Ross Nuechterlein sailed an outstanding series and convincingly won the BOD. They came out on top of the seventeen Cal 25s registered to race over the three day event, Jun-6 through Jun-8. Day one provided light and variable winds for the racers to contend with. Never Alone dominated with […]

Draco, owned by Brian Shenstone and Bob Orr, won the 50th Cal 25 Nationals held in Annapolis, MD (Sept 3 through Sept 5). Hurricane Hermine threatened the Atlantic Coast over the Labor Day weekend and the winds ranged from heavy to light & variable with everything in between. The Draco crew of Brian Shenstone, Bob […]

It’s Wednesday, August 31, 2016. We are on the Ohio Turnpike with Draco in tow when we receive the following text message:  “I see you are racing Tropical Storm Hermine to Annapolis.”  On Thursday, September 1, we arrive in Annapolis and spend the day launching, rigging and tuning Draco.  Hurricane Hermine is still in Northern […]

I recently bought a Cal25 in Louisiana. It is my first boat and I plan to use it to learn to sail, do some cruising and thought restoring it would be a fun project. I looked at your site before I purchased the boat to check against common problems and didn’t find the mast to […]

I need help finding my Dad’s old Cal 25 #237 “Tern Two”. I have tried everything I know how to do to locate it. Any help I can get would be appreciated. I grew up sailing and racing with my Dad out of Annapolis MD in the late 60’s on the Tern Two under the […]