Cabo Rico Custom Yachts, Inc. receives many comments on the reliability, elegance and attention to detail that all Cabo Rico yachts possess. We would like to share several with you.

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Cabo Rico 45, "Aquarelle": "Our Cabo Rico has not been uncomfortable in any condition we have had her in to date, and that includes a particularly nasty Gulf Stream crossing with winds from the NE at over 30 knots against the Stream. This boat can literally take care of herself and the helm is always balanced. Not only that, I doubt that any boat has received as many unsolicited compliments by those just casually sailing by or by those taking a close hard look. Virtually everyone we pass remarks on the stunning beauty of this vessel. My hat is off to Mr. Crealock."

Cabo Rico 40, "Moonlight Lady": "We traded our Cabo Rico 38 for the Cabo Rico 40, Hull #1. Chuck Paine had just prepared the first draft drawings. It was 'love at first sight'. We wanted another elegant boat, but more importantly, we wanted a well founded bluewater boat- a boat that will bring us back to port safely, no matter what conditions might prevail. When we saw her in the water for the first time we just knew we had made the right decision. She's a fine boat."

Cabo Rico 40, designer, Chuck Paine: "With winds from 15 to 28 knots, the day could not have been better for my sea trials of the first Cabo Rico 40. What fun it is after over a year of drawings and calculations, to hoist the sails and finally see how she goes! And go she did. This is a boat that just refuses to go anything but full speed ahead, with high 8's and occasional 9's on the clock. What a big boat motion she has! And all this time, never was it necessary to have more than one hand on the helm. She was so perfectly balanced."

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Cabo Rico 38, "Mariposa": "I was a little worried about buying a bluewater boat for sailing in the light airs of the Chesapeake, and was delighted to find, the day that I bought her, the brochure is correct -- she'll sail half of true wind speed to 15 knots (actually, a little better than that). My previous boat had a displacement/length ratio of 209, a modified fin keel, a spade rudder, and a high aspect ratio main. The Cabo Rico points as well. I can put her at 30 degrees off apparent wind at the masthead, but usually just fall off to a mere 35. She points like a Labrador retriever."

Cabo Rico 38, "Avalon": (singlehanded over 5000 miles): In conditions that would have been extremely uncomfortable or even impassable for a lightweight production racer/cruiser, or allowed no progress for a heavy traditional sailboat, the Cabo Rico worked tirelessly and relentlessly forward, averaging nearly 6 knots in 25-35 knot headwinds and seas of 15' or more. The clipper bow cuts through oncoming swells like a knife, sending water smoothly back and aside without pounding, and maintaining boat speed for excellent tracking and steering comtrol. I wish you could have seen the grin on my face as I watched her sail solidly forward, completely unintimidated by such conditions."

Cabo Rico 38, "Windflower": "After waiting for weather in Bimini for 5 days, we and 3 other 35' - 38' sailboats left for Nassau on a light easterly wind. When we got into the deep water SW of Chub Cay, we had 15-20 knots on the nose and a short, steep sea. The 3 other boats couldn't make way dead to windward so they had to tack and stand off till daylight, then run into Chub. We cut right through it under main and engine and arrived in Nassau at dawn (further than Chub!). We also crossed the Gulf Stream with NE 15-20 knots on the quarter and never took a drop of water aboard."

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Cabo Rico 34 "Noodin": "I have routinely made the passage from Charlevoix to Beaver Island alone, regardless of weather, with every bit of canvas she has flying, when other sailors are turning to protected harbors (regardless of point of sail). Last spring I was taking her over to the island with a friend of mine, who had not sailed at all in any of his sixty years. Although NOAA weather was calling for waves 3-4 feet building to 6 later in the evening, we ran into very sheer 8 footers right out of the channel at Charlevoix. Weather was from our port stern, winds at 18-22 knots and building. Halfway through the 32 mile crossing we had 12' waves and rogues much higher, winds now at 25-30 with gusts to 44. The wave configuration was extremely sheer. My friend asked me at one point if I was comfortable with the weather and the sailing of the boat and I replied that I was. He enjoyed the trip very much and repeatedly remarked that it was one of the most exhilarating things he had ever done in his life."

Cabo Rico 34, "Tommy Dundee": I bought my boat to use on the ocean. I have learned that this means rough seas, squalls with 45 knots of wind and conditions that can be frightening. So I define "performance" in terms of stability, reasonable speed, toughness and confidence in the boat. I frequently sail in the company of a "modern performance boat". When the going gets rough, things break. He has been towed 4 times and disabled 3 times in the last 3 years. I have never been towed or disabled in almost 7 years. Now, that's real performance. Yes, he is a little faster when he uses the main, but most of the time he is reluctant to raise it and I have never seen the main raised without a reef."

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Northeast 400, "Coda": "This boat sails remarkably well! She punctures through a Buzzard's Bay Chop, tracks gracefully in 35 knots of wind with partially furled genoa and main, gurgles contentedly at 5+ knots in 8-9 knots of wind, accelerates surprisingly fast in puffs - in short, this is a genuine sailboat."

Northeast400, "Sibon": "Well you just can't believe how impressed we are with so much of the detail. It is first class in every way. I have owned 60 foot motor yachts that were not as thoughtfully executed with fuel filters and strainers. In all my previous boats, the stuff I did not see continued to upset me for quite a while after I bought the boat. In this boat I just keep smiling as I stick my nose under each nook and cranny."

Chase 38, "Rico Runner": "In Texas, we run into a three to five foot head sea to go offshore most of the time. My boat is as fast and smooth riding as a boat 10 feet longer. The Hunt designed deep Vee gives a great ride and because of the heavy structure, I don't get nervous running at night before the start of a big tournament."

Cambria 44 ,"Pioneer Cabin": "I have been around boats all my life and this is a solid, exquisitely finished, very well thought out boat. Just fabulous! We love the way she performs. Every place we go people wave and tell us how beautiful she is."

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