[1][3][4][5] The design was built by Cal Yachts in the United States, a brand of Jensen Marine, which was owned by Bangor Punta.
The shoal draft keel model carries 1,400 lb (635 kg) of lead ballast.
[1][3] The boat is normally fitted with a small 3 to 6 hp (2 to 4 kW) outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.
[3] 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."
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.
Worst features: As with most reverse-transom boats, the outboard bracket on the transom is hard to reach from the cockpit.