Cal 20 Jensen 20' sailboat

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Cal 20 Sailboat for sale Cal 20 fiberglass sailboat with trailer. Good operating condition. Sailed last year. Over $900 in new standing rigging this spring, another $900 spent at North sails last year to repair/upgrade sails. New Roller furling last year. Set up for single handed sailing/racing. 5 year old 4 cycle Mercury 5 hp motor, serviced last year. About 30 hours total use. I sail both off shore and in the bay. 3’ 3” draft, 7’ beam. If you don't know the Cal 20, look it up on the internet. The California 20 was designed and built for sailing in California. Known for speed, stability and easy handling, the Cal 20 has a unique and convenient flat front deck. Just search for "Cal 20" on Google and you'll see it is still a very popular, fast and tough smaller sailboat, the most popular and highest production 20' sailboat ever made. Parts are still readily available. Built in 1969. I love the boat, and I am selling because I have gone up to a 26' Pearson. It’s called "longer boat-itis". I had a cable stay come apart last year (at the dock and only damaged the sail cover, what is luckier than that?) and I could not sell a boat with suspect stays, so I replaced all the standing rigging. Not just the cables, but turnbuckles and everything. The backstay adjuster assembly is all new. Over $900 in the parts alone. The rest of the boat is a typical old fiberglass sailboat. Some delamination on the deck, but no soft spots (no known rot, the structure of the deck supports were made of encased epoxied plywood.) No blisters, the hull is solid as a rock. Some very small amateur cosmetic gel coat repairs on the deck look a bit crude. I never bothered to sand them down. A very solid boat with signs of 48 years of use by people who loved to sail. It could use a compound and polish. Two jibs North Sails converted them to roller furling, a good mainsail. Electrical system is partly finished being replaced. Solar charger. The mast can be raised with three people, I've done this every year I've owned her. You need a lift to launch the boat, the keel is too deep to launch from a boat ramp. But a fixed 900 lb deep iron keel makes her a solid, fast sailer. Light and maneuverable, but solid. The trailer is in good shape, I use it every year for winter storage of the boat and towed the boat home when I bought her 5 years ago from Maryland, behind my minivan. No problem. The keel is typical for an old iron keel. Every spring I scrape and descale (compressed air powered “needle descaler” included), apply rust converter and bottom paint. Some sweat but no big deal. Cast iron rusts a bit and stops. What is left of old shipwrecks? Cast iron cannon balls and brass cannons, right? Cast iron lasts in salt water. You get to do the keel this year . She is still faster overall than many longer boats. I have over $6000 in it, boat is at 2300 Hwy 34, in back of a factory. Not a dealer!