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Bristol Yachts was an American company which was among the first commercially successful production fiberglass sailboat boat builders. The company was founded in 1964 and closed in 1997. The company was founded in 1964 and closed in 1997.
The Bristol Caravel 22, sometimes called the Bristol 22 Caravel, Sailstar Caravel, or just the Caravel 22, is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Halsey Chase Herreshoff as a cruiser and first built in 1968. It is named for the class of sailing ship. [1] [2] [3]
A Blue Water Boats review of the design says, "the popular little Bristol 24, also called the Corsair in earlier times, is a safe and solidly built pocket cruiser from the 1960s. Hundreds were built in hand-laid fiberglass by the Sailstar Boat Company and later Bristol Yachts in Rhode Island with a production run that spanned 17 years.
The design was initially built by the Sailstar Boat Company in the United States and later by Bristol Yachts after it acquired Sailstar. Bristol sold it as the Bristol 19. Production started in 1966, with over 700 completed, but the boat is now out of production. [1] [2] [5] [4] [6]
In a 2005 review in Good Old Boat magazine, writer Karen Larson, described the design, "the 29.9 was designed to race under the International Off-shore Rule (IOR) and Midget Ocean Racing Club (MORC) rules, but people soon realized that it made a better cruiser than racer. At 29 feet 11 inches with a 10-foot 2-inch beam and displacing 8,650 ...
The Bristol Channel Cutter, also called the Bristol Channel Cutter 28, is an American sailboat that was designed by Lyle Hess as a "character boat" cruiser and first built in 1976. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The boat is based upon Hess's earlier Renegade design.
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The boat has a draft of 5.40 ft (1.65 m) with the standard long keel, while the centreboard-equipped version has a draft of 7.8 ft (2.4 m) with the centreboard extended and 4.0 ft (1.2 m) with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water. [1] The boat is fitted with a Perkins Engines 4-107 diesel engine for docking and maneuvering. The ...