Standing on the floating docks at October’s Annapolis Sailboat show next to the new Hanse 675 is a humbling experience. I had seen the top of […]
Hanse 576: Meet the New Uber Yacht from Germany
The New Flagship Catalina 545 Wows the Annapolis Show
Catalina Yachts, one of America’s most venerable and influential sailboat builders over the last 50 years, introduced their all new Flagship Catalina 545 at October’s Annapolis […]
2019 Annual Fall Boat Show Preview
With boat show season just ahead, it is time for BWS to take a look at what is new out there in cruising boats and gear […]
Beneteau Launches New First 53
The First series of racer/cruisers was launched by Beneteau in 1977 and remains today a standard for combining spirited sailing and racing performance with comfortable cruising […]
New Hallberg Rassy 40C Will Be a Modern Cruising Classic
The Swedish builder Hallberg Rassy has been building classic, high quality cruising boats for two generations and remains one of Europe’s premier production boat builders. True […]
2019 European Boat of the Year Awards
We always like the Boat of the Year Awards in Europe, partly because the judges are from all of the major magazines instead of just ne, […]
Pocket Cruisers That Sail Far
It is not the size of your boat that matters, it is the size of your dreams (published June 2018) Today’s cruising fleet is made up […]
Island Packet 349
If you are ready to “go small and go now,” then the new IPY 349 may be just the new cruising boat for you (published February […]
Excess Catamarans
“Nothing Succeeds Like Excess” (Oscar Wilde) Last fall at the Cannes boat show, the Beneteau Groupe, which is the world’s largest builder of recreational vessels, […]
The Elegant, New Hylas 48
Hylas reboots the company with an elegant, raised-saloon, center-cockpit sloop that is a born passagemaker (published November/December 2018) I’ve had the good fortune to sail Hylas […]
