light, fast, easy to handle in the surf, and can be beached anywhere. She 

 accelerates quickly, a characteristic which is the key to navigating hazardous 

 surf. She is particularly ideal for enthusiasts who live in a locale where 

 shoal water or surf dominate an otherwise good sailing area. 



"The home of the outrigger is the Malibu Yacht Club in Malibu, Cali- 

 fornia. There are no moorings, no slips, just a large private beach facing 

 the ever-present surf. We are often dubbed 'The Malibu Lot Club.' Most 

 of the boats are kept high on the beach at the club or on residential beaches 

 in the area. We have no bottom paint worries, no teredo worm threats, but 

 we do have gophers. Our gophers are evidently delighted with manila; it is 

 not uncommon to lose several feet of a mainsheet overnight. Here is a 

 unique problem for a unique boat. 



"However, about 700 sets of plans have been sold all over the world . . . 

 in the United States, from Maine to Hawaii, from Florida to Alaska, and in 

 14 foreign countries including New Zealand, the Philippines, Japan, Fin- 

 land and Brazil. She has met with much interest and has passed the test of 

 the surf, the open ocean, and the 'conventional' sailor. 



"The rig is a modified lateen type which is quite flexible and thus excellent 

 in gusty air. A daggerboard extends the draft from five inches to a maximum 

 of four feet, making possible an extremely good performance to windward. 

 The flexible rig and 'arms' enable her to span swells and stiff chop with ease. 

 She is wet, but exhilarating to sail in a rough sea." 



Although a Malibu made a poor record in Yachtings One-of-a-Kind Re- 

 gatta in 1959 (finishing thirty-eighth while leading catamarans finished 

 first, second, fourth, and seventh), she was the winner in the first Pacific 

 Coast One-of-a-Kind Race, on both actual and corrected time. She ob- 

 viously meets a need not only in Southern California, her principal sailing 

 waters, but elsewhere, for 810 have been sold at the time of writing, of 

 which 200 are sailed outside of the United States. Next to California, the 

 Mahbus are most frequently to be seen in Florida. Price is $1800; used 

 boats can be bought for $500. 



VITAL statistics: L.O.A. i8'io"; waterline 17'; beam ii'8''; draft 

 without daggerboard 5", with board 4^5"; sail area 192 sq. ft.; weight 400 

 lbs.; trailable; racing crew, two. 



PACIFIC CATAMARAN 



A predecessor of this all-fiber-glass catamaran was the second boat to 

 finish out of three hundred entries in the Newport (Calif.) to Ensenada 

 Race of i960. She was sailing unofficially, as catamarans sometimes have 



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