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Cal vs Crown
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Anybody know the relationship/history of Cal and Crown sailboats? They seem pretty much identical: the Cal 20, Crown 23 and Cal 25 can only be told apart at a distance by counting the windows. And now the Cal 2-27 and Crown 28 look pretty much identical (particularly below the waterline!) except for a foot of waterline. Are they related somehow? Or do they just happen to share a good hull shape? druid http://www.bcboatnet.org |
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On 19 Mar 2007 14:15:35 -0700, "druid" wrote:
Hi Anybody know the relationship/history of Cal and Crown sailboats? They seem pretty much identical: the Cal 20, Crown 23 and Cal 25 can only be told apart at a distance by counting the windows. And now the Cal 2-27 and Crown 28 look pretty much identical (particularly below the waterline!) except for a foot of waterline. Are they related somehow? Or do they just happen to share a good hull shape? druid http://www.bcboatnet.org I have some recollection that the company that had a licence to build Cal-20s (and perhaps other Cals) in BC decided to build similar boats on their own as well (there's also a Crown 18, if I recall correctly). -- Peter Bennett, VE7CEI peterbb4 (at) interchange.ubc.ca new newsgroup users info : http://vancouver-webpages.com/nnq GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver.powersquadron.ca |
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Cal vs Crown
On Mar 19, 5:27 pm, Peter Bennett wrote:
On 19 Mar 2007 14:15:35 -0700, "druid" wrote: Hi Anybody know the relationship/history of Cal and Crown sailboats? They seem pretty much identical: the Cal 20, Crown 23 and Cal 25 can only be told apart at a distance by counting the windows. And now the Cal 2-27 and Crown 28 look pretty much identical (particularly below the waterline!) except for a foot of waterline. Are they related somehow? Or do they just happen to share a good hull shape? druid http://www.bcboatnet.org I have some recollection that the company that had a licence to build Cal-20s (and perhaps other Cals) in BC decided to build similar boats on their own as well (there's also a Crown 18, if I recall correctly). -- Peter Bennett, VE7CEI peterbb4 (at) interchange.ubc.ca new newsgroup users info :http://vancouver-webpages.com/nnq GPS and NMEA info:http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter Vancouver Power Squadron:http://vancouver.powersquadron.ca Calgan Marine, at the foot of Crown st in North Vn built the Crown 22, 28 and 34's Al nairne had license to build the Cal's, then he produced the Crown line. Very well built boats, fast, even today (search for Swiftsure winners, the Crown 34 has won, I believe) and are tough. Even today, they hold their value. I think the San Juan 34 is based on the Crown 34 mold, but not any other San Juan. |
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