Boat Reviews

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

“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, […]

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 […]

(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 […]

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 […]