Hughes Columbia Columbia 29 For Sale & Buying Center

"The following specifications and diagram came from Mike Keers.

It is clear that Sparkman & Stephens designed the Columbia 29 in 1962. The basis for this is a Glas Laminates brochure of the Columbia 29 showing ""BOAT #1 during test evaluations on the gusty San Francisco Bay"".

The model was so well received that the company, Glas Laminates, decided to sell all their boats under the Columbia name, thus Columbia Sailing Yachts was born. Click here to see an early ad for the Columbia 29.

It appears that there isn't much difference between the original Columbia 29 and the Columbia 29 MkII. In the April 1967 issue of Skipper Naval Architect Robert G. Henry, Jr. states that A new version of the Columbia 29 has recently been introduced by Columbia Yachts so that gives a pretty good date for its introduction.

According to a Columbia 29 MkII brochure, The new version of the Columbia 29, the Mark II has the same hull, rig and sail plan as her illustrious Sparkman & Stephens designed predecessor and the same winning ways. What distinguishes new from old on the outside is the Mark II's streamlined new deck styling. With this change, the 29-footer now shares the ""Columbia look"" with the Columbia 40, Columbia 31 and Columbia Sabre. One special feature of the Columbia 29 Mark II is the one-piece fiberglass headliner. The cabin trunk and the ""inner shell"" are made in separate molds, then put together with a reinforcing core material between them."