Like its cruising and ocean-racing sister, the Electra Day Sailer is a very 

 good-looking boat and should be a fast sailer, though it doesn't have a 

 planing type of hull. It is a keelboat and at the time of writing is selling 

 extremely well. One dealer on western Long Island Sound reported sales 

 of twenty-seven boats in a period of three or four months and said sixty 

 of the class had been sold altogether. The boats are made of fiber glass, 

 with built in flotation, and are sold through a number of dealers, including 

 Northrop and Johnson (366 Madison Ave., New York 17, N.Y. ), Orienta, 

 a Division of Nichols Yacht Yard, Inc. (500 Rushmore Ave,, Mamaroneck, 

 N.Y.), and others. Price is $3275 with working main and jib. 



VITAL statistics: L.O.A. 22'6''; waterline iG'g"; beam /; draft 

 (keel) 3'; sail area 219 sq. ft. 



EL TORO 



The idea behind the El Toro 8-foot cat-rigged pram dinghy was to get 

 a boat which would serve as a child's trainer and which adults could also 

 enjoy occasionally; also which would be as cheap as possible. The Florida 



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EL TORO. Photo htj 

 Beckner Photo Service, 

 courtesy W. D. Schock Co. 



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