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RonB.'s avatar

As a current Cal 20 owner I can confirm that this review is valid. These boats are capable of doing pretty much anything, a hoot to sail and incredible value for the investment. Hard to beat if the keel isn’t a problem.

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Harold (Phil) Truitt's avatar

The Cal 20 is a great example of boats available from that era that can now be purchased quite inexpensively. The modifications spoken of and many others that may be dreamed up by ambitious young sailors can add a lot, or a new sailor can learn the ropes and gain a lot of info on what will be needed as the sailing career continues. The ability to push a well prepared boat hard can be learned here. Key words "well prepared". With an old boat of any kind, that is on the skipper. Some of us old guys have learned how to make or have made, items of safety gear that can be much stronger than normal. One can find the need for such on a trip where they were bodily thrown around a small boat. These little things roll and pitch vigorously!

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