{"product_id":"velella-wylie-31","title":"Velella - Wylie 31","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe ultimate all around 30-footer. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVelella was designed by Tom Wylie of San Francisco and built in the cold molded style, making her strong and light, yet comfortable and capable as a long-distance cruiser. Launched in San Diego in 1979, she was built by her original owner, Michael Butler. Butler had worked for C\u0026amp;B Marine in Santa Cruz, California building a larger Tom Wylie designed sistership named Wild Spirit. Velella was sailed to the South Pacific by her owner\/builder. After a series of owners in the Pacific Northwest, she was purchased by Garth Wilcox and Wendy Hinman and sailed 34,000 miles over 7 years in the Pacific, chronicled in Wendy’s book Tightwads on the Loose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy wife and I have owned Velella since 2012 and have lived aboard, raced, and cruised extensively around the Pacific Northwest. She was extremely well conceived and configured for long term cruising and living aboard and her interior arrangement feels far larger than her 30 feet might suggest. And she is sneaky fast, always surprising other boats on the racecourse. We love this boat and if it were not for a growing family, we could see owning this boat forever. I can think of no boat that has the performance, strength, liveability and pedigree of construction in a 30-foot package that can easily be sailed and maintained on a modest budget. - Ryan Helling\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swiftsure Yachts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47757798572195,"sku":null,"price":45000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/6271\/5299\/files\/1.jpg?v=1781013272","url":"https:\/\/swiftsureyachts.com\/products\/velella-wylie-31","provider":"Swiftsure Yachts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}