Small Sailboat Big Water

Welcome aboard.  

My name is Mitch and I’ve spent most of my life sailing, studying and loving small sailboats.  The tough little fiberglass cruisers built in the best decades, the 60s, 70s, and 80s.  Sailboats like the Cape Dory, Catalina, Com-Pac, Contessa, Montgomery, Vega, West Wight Potter and more. Boats built with heart, purpose and seaworthiness.  

This channel exists to give these small sailboats the respect they deserve.

Every review here is complete, not a quick walkthrough, but a full, honest look at the boat from the keel to the masthead.
Hull layup, ballast, rudder, transom, cockpit, deck core, rigging, cabin and the real voyages that proved the design. We cover who built it, why it was designed, how it handles big water and what kind of sailor it truly fits.

If you’re choosing your first boat, returning to one you loved decades ago, or chasing the freedom that only a small sailboat can give, you’re in the right place.

Make it happen, Captain.