Cal 33 Sailboats for Sale & Market Overview

The Cal 33, particularly the version introduced in 1984 by C. Raymond Hunt Associates, represents a sophisticated evolution of the Jensen Marine legacy. While an earlier Bill Lapworth design carried the same name in the early 1970s, the "Series II" or "33-2" (as it is often colloquially known to distinguish it from its predecessor) was born during the brand’s Fall River era. This model was intended to bridge the gap between a competitive club racer and a legitimate coastal cruiser, offering a more contemporary hull shape and interior volume than the narrower, traditional Cals of the 1960s. Constructed with a hand-laid fiberglass hull and a balsa-cored deck, the Cal 33 was engineered to be stiff and durable, featuring a structural fiberglass grid system that distributed rig and keel loads—a hallmark of quality production during that period.