Built in Slovenia, this new 40-foot Rob Humphries design brings the real meaning of “Gran Tourismo” to the yachting world (published January/February 2018) It was a […]
Elan GT5
X Yachts X4 from Denmark
This thoroughly modern new design is a perfect dual-purpose boat for families who love to both race and cruise (published August 2017) The term racer-cruiser has […]
Beneteau Oceanis 51.1
The new Berret-Racoupeau design is a dream to sail—fast, handy, seaworthy and very comfortable (published January 2018) From the first day that I saw the drawings […]
Small Boats, Big Dreams
It is not the size of your boat that matters, it is the size of your dreams (published June/July 2017) Back in the Seventies, I had […]
Dragonfly 28 “Touring”
The Danish designed and built trimaran combines comfortable cruising accommodations with exciting sailing performance (published fall 2017) In early June, we had the opportunity to cruise […]
Discovering Denmark by Tri
A late spring cruise aboard a new Dragonfly 28 took the author and his family on an adventure in and around Denmark’s ‘South Sea’ (published fall […]
Jeanneau 51
(published April 2017) When I woke just after dawn and checked the weather app on my phone, I could see we were in for a storm. […]
Dufour Grand Large 460
The French builder dials in the sweet spot with their new, three-cabin ultra-modern family cruiser, complete with built-in grill (published March 2017) Good ideas are catching. […]
Building a la Francaise
Boats have changed and the process of building them has even more so. Beneteau, the world’s largest production boat builder, shares some secrets to developing lighter […]
September Boat Show Preview 2017
With the fall boat shows ahead, here’s BWS’s overview of what’s new and interesting in the cruising marketplace among monohulls (published September 2017) Amel The French […]