This exciting new microcruiser is available with a choice of rigs.
In our review of the Sage 17 back in issue # 75, we talked about how few production sailboat companies remain. At boat shows in the 1970s and early 80s, the golden era for little plastic boats, you’d see multiple small-boat builders—many with competing models in a variety of classes. But various factors such as rising oil prices, government regulation, the boom-and-bust nature of the economy, and to some extent the extraordinary durability of fiberglass boats themselves, has made the manufacture of small sailboats less lucrative than it once was.
So it was remarkable when Gail and Sal Glesser decided to venture into the market with their own brand of trailersailer. They wisely avoided the biggest risk—building a poor design—by asking recognized and accomplished small boat designer Jerry Montgomery to draw their boats. Montgomery had, in a previous life, designed a fleet of small boats with which most of you are no doubt familiar—his Montgomery 15 and Montgomery 23 being among the most notable, along with his Montgomery 17 designed by mentor Lyle Hess.
Sage proceeded cautiously at first, focusing on a single design. But following the positive reception and steady sales of the Sage 17, they decided to launch the next boats in the line, the Sage 15 sloop and the SageCat. These two 15-footers share a common hull and look, at a glance, much like the original Montgomery 15, but as with their Sage 17, Jerry Montgomery and Sage were largely trying build a refined version of an already-winning concept, as opposed to starting out with a blank sheet of paper.
“The biggest concern folks had about Jerry’s prior 15-foot design,” says Sage Marine Sales Manager Dave Scobie, “was her cramped interior and lack of sitting headroom below. Both the Sage 15 and the SageCat have two seats with sitting headroom—as much headroom as the Sage 17 in fact.”
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A HEAD FOR RUBATO
I dislike port-a-potties. I'm not too fond of poop in any form, really, being non-scatological by nature.
THE ARTFUL SAILOR
Ain' nothin' new about using sails as nautical billboards. The ancients painted all sorts of signs and symbols on their sails.
Twin Keels
OUT WIHUEIRIJE with Howard Rice
Cedar Key 2022 Windy Boat Meet
Cartop Cruising
A New Trailer
THE BIGHTS
PLAN STUDY: Fancy Free
If you're looking for a simple and inexpensive cruising sailboat with traditional character, our FANCY FREE should fill the bill. The sharpie-dory hull with flat-bottom, hard-chine form is ideal for the amateur.
BOAT REVIEW: Rhodes 22 Revisited)
Overlooked by the masses, admired by owners—there are good reasons the Rhodes 22 has been in production for over a quarter century.
Another Favorite Mod
The always creative Tom Luque sent us details on one of his favorite modifications
BLOODY TUESDAY
“Although the author if indeed he even used his real name) calls this story fiction, we arent so sure. You be the judge. Eds
CRUISING ISLE ROYALE
I sle“ Royale on Lake Superior is one of my favorite places to cruise. Established as a National Park in 1931, Isle Royale is located about 20 miles off the North Shore of Lake Superior near the Minnesota/Canadian border.