[1][2][3] The design was built by Coastal Recreation, Inc of Costa Mesa, California, United States starting in 1973, but it is now out of production.
It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a plumb transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a port-side wheel and a fixed fin, shoal-draft keel.
[3] In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "you can almost imagine the client talking to the designer, laying out his needs: “I want a fast, shallow draft, trailerable motorsailer I can easily tow with my pickup to Mexico—say La Paz—to launch off the beach and cruise for a few weeks with my wife, occasionally inviting a couple of my grown children to join us for a few days, maybe even with grandkids.
I need good standing headroom below, a place for comfortable deck chairs in a spacious cockpit, and a stall shower.
Oh, and ny wife is a gourmet cook who likes to bake bread, so we'll need space for a big stove with an oven.