Bravo! Really well presented! Lots of energy and the presentation brought me back to better times when my then GF and I were in CA looking for SC50. Ended up taking home an Olson 40. While in CA. we met Bill Lee. There was at least one SC50 that was built without the step up in the middle. I think it was also a triple spreader. Love the boat. Love those days. Bill Lee was way before his time. He really changed the world of sailing while everyone else was still doing the heavy, dangerous and costly IOR racing game, Bill just made some nice fair lined boats. Very cool indeed!
I sailed MORC back in the day. Did the whole east Coast circuit every year on a g&s 27 Pigs at Sea. I had opportunity to race on easy go on several occasions when it ended up in the Chesapeake which was one of the NM customs you mentioned. I miss those days, MORC was great racing, very competitive. S2 9.1, B25 santana 27 Kirby 30 Most of those old designs are still quite fast for club buoy racing. Not too many are left. Thanks for bringing them to light.
The engine is under the steps, that is the battery compartment. You can remove the tube and the bunks in the forward v-berth and install a bed, we did it on mine.
"Old, early, classic" are words that amuse me. "Modern Yacht design is so-o-o grossly out of touch with beauty, designers and brokers demean great beauty with "old, early, classic". The best of yacht design will never be "old".
Great to see this video as I owned hull #1 Mas Rapido in the 90's and raced her double-handed in the '94 Pacific Cup amongst many other coastal races. Such a great boat to sail single-handed. Saw 22 kts several times and I miss owning her. Cheers!
partly because i suck, partly because i guess we were too narrow cast in the boats that we covered but, yeah, super disappointed that the series didn't take off.
Thanks Scott for all your interesting race boat videos. You are a perfect candidate to Broker race yachts, perhaps you already do that ?? Best Regards. Henry Rubio PS. It's been many years ago we met on my Olson 30 " Hot Flash"
Who has the production moulds for Santa Cruz 37? Love this boat, Someone should take the moulds to Mexico and build them with infusion, as we did at Corsair. Some of John F27 sails were made largely in Mexico
This is absolutely NOT "the perfect boat for people that go day sailing". It is 36 feet of storage and/or mooring with bowsprit that tends to leak inside. And people are supposed to leave it for longer periods and just use it for a day or one weekend every now and then? That's not the concept.
It’s an insult that “Santa Cruz “ is part of the name when they weren’t built in the county of Santa Cruz. I had a hand in the last ULDB’s built there . Boat Builder - ROSS W
Maybe you have to be old to like it, but that looks so so weird compared to new boats and no one I know wants a mono boat. Catamarans are in and these old wood things look like a nightmare of hassle and trouble.
