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 […]
Beneteau Launches New First 53
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 […]
Tartan 395
(Published November/December 2018) I was scheduled to take the brand new Tartan 395 out for a sail on the Tuesday after the Annapolis sailboat show in […]
Beneteau 30.1
FROM INLAND WATERWAYS TO HIGH SEAS With an overall size of under 9×3 metres and a light displacement of less than 4 tonnes, the Oceanis can […]
Grand Soleil 46LC
The new Grand Soleil 46LC is a very interesting, high quality cruiser that will take her owners anywhere in style, comfort and speed (published April 2018) […]
