The Cal 3-24, also called the Cal 24-3 and the Cal 24 (Hunt) is an American trailerable

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that was designed by C. Raymond Hunt Associates as a racer-

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and first built in 1983.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 280.

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, 2010. The boat was an entirely new design to replace the C. William Lapworth-designed

Cal 2-24 The Cal 2-24, also called the Cal 24-2 and the Cal 24 Mark II is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by C. William Lapworth as a racer and first built in 1967.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', p ...

in the

Cal Yachts Cal Yachts (also known as Jensen Marine and Cal Boats) was a manufacturer of performance oriented fiberglass sailboats from the 1960s to the 1980s. The Costa Mesa, California, headquartered company was founded in 1957, among the earliest of all ...

product line. The design was officially marketed by the manufacturer as the Cal 24, but is now often referred to as the Cal 3-24, Cal 24-3 or the Cal 24 (Hunt), to differentiate it from the unrelated 1958 Lapworth-designed Cal 24 and 1967

. At the time of their market introduction each of these designs was sold under the designation of Cal 24.

Production

The design was built by

in the

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, a

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Jensen Marine Cal Yachts (also known as Jensen Marine and Cal Boats) was a manufacturer of performance oriented fiberglass sailboats from the 1960s to the 1980s. The Costa Mesa, California, headquartered company was founded in 1957, among the earliest of all ...

, which was owned by

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. The design was built from 1983 to 1985, but it is now out of production.

Design

The design goals for the boat were an off-shore,

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boat that could be legally ground-transported on a

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. The Cal 24 is a recreational

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, built predominantly of

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, with wood trim. It has a

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rig; a

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; a raised counter, slightly

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; a spade-type

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controlled by a

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and a fixed fin keel or shoal draft keel. It displaces and carries of lead ballast. The shoal draft keel model carries of lead ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel and with the optional shoal draft keel. The boat is normally fitted with a small

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for docking and maneuvering. The optional fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of . The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two straight settee quarter berths in the main cabin. The

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is located on the starboard side just aft of the

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ladder. The galley is equipped with a two-burner stove and a sink. The

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is located just aft of bow "V"-berth on the port side. Ventilation is provided by a large forward deck hatch. Cabin headroom is . An

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locker is located in the bow. The design has a

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racing average handicap of 213 and a

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of .

Operational history

In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "the Cal people asked yacht designer C. Raymond Hunt Associates to come up with "a true blue-water sailboat that would be physically and legally trailerable without special permits." The result was a choice of drafts: 4' 3" for the blue-water-customer contingent, or 3' 4" for the trailer boat folks. Well, both versions are trailerable, though not easily because of the draft. But then they didn't say the boat had to be easy to trailer, just legal. In general, the boat is in the mid- to upper-end in quality of construction, perhaps a cut above O'Day and on a par with Pearson, but below Pacific Seacraft. Best features: The iron bulb keel of the early Lapworth-designed Cal 24-2 was replaced by an external lead keel bolted to a stub in the Cal 24-3. Result: less maintenance, thinner section, lower center of gravity. Hardware is good quality throughout The big main hatch is a plus. Worst features: As with most reverse-transom boats, the outboard bracket on the transom is hard to reach from the cockpit. Standard winches are too small for fall-range sailing; Barient #19ST two-speed self-tailing winches were an extra cost option but worth it. A boom vang, also an extra-cost option, is a necessity too,"

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