Jensen Marine / Cal Yachts

One of the first builders to mass-produce sailboats entirely in fibreglass, and the yard whose handshake with Bill Lapworth produced the Cal 40.

Founded

1957 by Jack Jensen

Output

Roughly 18,000 boats

Partnership

Lapworth designed the Cal line on a handshake that lasted until Jensen's death in 1980

• 1958Cal 24 — first fibreglass Jensen design
• 1961Cal 20
• 1963Cal 40