Cabo Rico Yachts
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Cabo Rico Yachts is a small manufacturer of fiberglass, aft cockpit sailboats built in Costa Rica
and
designed by W.I.B. Crealock
and Chuck Paine. The US headquarters are in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
. Sizes range from 34 to 56 feet. In the 1960s, John Schofield started the company in the corner of
a British Leyland assembly plant in San Jose.
In the early 1970s, their first boat was a 36-foot ketch designed by William Crealock. The 36's were typically poorly built.
Crealock would later design the Westsail 32
.
In the late 1970s, the unpopular 36-foot design became the Cabo Rico 38.
Company literature credits Dennis M. Garrett general manager of the company Fibro Tecnica S.A. as the designer. In 1981, the 38 retailed for $89,000 as transported to Newport Beach, CA.
In the mid-1980s, two Canadians Fraser and Edi Smith
purchased the company. First, they introduced a smaller 34-foot Crealock designed sistership to the 38. This was the first new design in a while and long anticipated. They added a 38 pilothouse version in 1991. The most recent 40/42 and 54/56 models are by Chuck Paine.
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
and
designed by W.I.B. Crealock
W.I.B. Crealock
William Ion Belton Crealock was a yacht designer and author. He was one of the world's leading yacht designers from the 1960s through the 1990s, and his yachts were owned by the famous and wealthy, including Walter Cronkite and William Hurt.-Early years:Crealock was born in Westcliff-on-Sea,...
and Chuck Paine. The US headquarters are in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. Sizes range from 34 to 56 feet. In the 1960s, John Schofield started the company in the corner of
a British Leyland assembly plant in San Jose.
History
In the 1960s, John Schofield started building sailboats in the corner of a little known British Leyland assembly plant in Costa Rica.In the early 1970s, their first boat was a 36-foot ketch designed by William Crealock. The 36's were typically poorly built.
Crealock would later design the Westsail 32
Westsail 32
The Westsail 32 was a production fiberglass sailboat built between the years of 1971 and 1980. Approximately 830 were built, about half of them in kit form. The "W32", as they are often referred to, was very heavily built and has taken many people on trouble-free voyages and several...
.
In the late 1970s, the unpopular 36-foot design became the Cabo Rico 38.
Company literature credits Dennis M. Garrett general manager of the company Fibro Tecnica S.A. as the designer. In 1981, the 38 retailed for $89,000 as transported to Newport Beach, CA.
In the mid-1980s, two Canadians Fraser and Edi Smith
purchased the company. First, they introduced a smaller 34-foot Crealock designed sistership to the 38. This was the first new design in a while and long anticipated. They added a 38 pilothouse version in 1991. The most recent 40/42 and 54/56 models are by Chuck Paine.
Models
Cabo Rico produces 34/36, 38, 40/42, 45/47, and 54/56-foot designs along with Cambria sailboats and Northeast motorsailors.| Model | Designer | Notes |
| 54/56 | Chuck Paine | In production, rare |
| 45/47 | William Crealock | In production, has Pilot version |
| 40/42 | Chuck Paine | In production, comes in Pilot |
| 38 | William Crealock, Dennis Garrett | In production, comes in Pilot version |
| 36 Tiburon | William Crealock | Out of production |
| 34/36 | William Crealock | In production |