By Brian Shenstone, Multi-time National Champion Most of us in the midwest have our boats out of the water and buttoned up for the winter. Other than working on the rudder or other miscellaneous parts that we are able to bring home, we are not left with much else to do but plan our activities […]
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Cal 25 Mast & Boom Sections Specification
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Cal 25 Std Standing & Running Rigging and Spinnaker & Reefing Specification
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Cabin Sole Repair
Geoff Stothard owner of Bippy #1043 posted the following question Jan-1,2015. Question #1 Just noticed bad dry rot in the center section of my cabin sole. Are there any instructions or lessons learned out there for replacing it successfully? Question #2 A few follow-up questions: Would you consider making the new sole with something other than […]
Cal 25 Headstay Tension Experiment & Analysis
Brian Senstone, 2014 With our boats getting older the assumption is that it becomes progressively harder to generate a reasonable level of headstay tension. A question that is frequently discussed is when the boat is loaded up, does the mast beam give or does the hull actually bend like a banana? Many of us are […]
2014 BYC North Channel Race – A crew member’s perspective
October 4, 2014 started off with dark, cold and ominous skies. We left CSYC in the rain and a few of us loyal Patriot crew wondered if we really wanted to do this race. It got much worse because before the start, we lost the main halyard and our crazy Captain had to get hoisted […]
“Satisfy My Soul” ukulele cover — with a bird’s eye view :)
Hi Sailors, My sweetie and I sail our 1968 Cal 25 every weekend around Mission Bay. While we’re hardly racers (and barely sailor), we love the Cal 25 as much as anyone else. We sailed yesterday while a friend in a mini-helicopter took some beautiful hi-definition aerial video of the adventure. Maybe you’ll enjoy the […]
2014 Nationals – Dave Simon
On behalf of the Cal 25 Detroit Fleet it is with sincere appreciation that we commend and thank Tyson Connelly and the entire Port Huron Yacht Club team on a spectacularly run regatta. Everything from the on-water race management in challenging conditions (good racing every day despite light air and fog) to the gracious dockage […]
2014 Nationals – Brad Terpstra
The Cal 25 class is strong, thriving and remains one the most competitive one design classes in Southeast Michigan. The 2014 Cal 25 National Championship was raced over three challenging light-air days, Jul-28 through Aug-2. The first weekend in August saw the Cal 25 fleet make its way to Port Huron, MI for the […]
Winning the 2014 National Championship, and How We Got There
By: Erik Ryan, owner USA 632 Earlier this year John McAllister and I had some lengthy discussions about genoa shapes and materials, and we agreed that we’d try to keep the discussion moving forward throughout this season. However, as I reflect back on all the time and effort spent this year in preparation for the […]
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