Australia's first all-aluminium trailer sailer, the 6.5 metre Sprite Star gave the fourth division cruisers a thrashing at the 1975 Cockburn Sound Regatta — and she's cheap at $4000.A new…
Builder Jon Simonds of Slipstream has produced one of the nimblest and quickest small trailer yachts to be tested in some time.The design has an interesting background, tracing its origins…
The Savage Nautilus motor sailer is built for durability rather than performance. Arguably the most robustly constructed trailer-sailer type vessel made in Australia, it's actually better suited to a mooring…
At just 5.6 metres overall, the Investigator, designed by Kevin Shepherd, punches well above its weight. Its combination of a shallow fin keel and a swing centreboard gives it strong…
The TS18 and TS21 are larger versions of the established TS14 and TS16. Builder Des Webb estimates home construction costs at $2,000 and $3,000 (1973 prices) respectively - figures he…
Many dinghies were originally built from plywood, but when sailors wanted something larger, New Zealand designer Richard Hartley created a hybrid craft, part centreboard dinghy, part small cabin yacht, known…
Measuring just over 16 feet in length with a 7-foot beam and drawing just 9 inches with the board raised, the TS16 is compact and light enough to be towed…
Only 14 feet overall, the TS 14 is almost as spacious as her bigger sister and is better looking. Actual cost, ready to sail, was $443 when built in 1967 without…
