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    Bavaria Cruiser 46

    On a cool afternoon following last fall’s Annapolis sailboat show, we met up with Bavaria USA’s president and founder Kenny Feld aboard the new Bavaria Cruiser 46 out ...

    On January 18, 2017 / By
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    Hanse 315

    Previously published in BWS by Zuzana Prochazka. Hanse Yachts builds big impressive boats. The German manufacturer’s 67-foot flagship recently splashed in Europe and it is a muscle-bound speedster. ...

    On January 11, 2017 / By
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    Go Small, Go Far, Go Now

    Published as BWS’s annual guide to great monohulls for coastal cruising, weekending and daysailing in June/July 2016. BWS has always been published for sailors who sail over the ...

    On January 4, 2017 / By
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    Beneteau Oceanis 38

    Being that I am slightly obsessed with sailboats, I usually get excited when something new and bold hits the market. It is a rarity, though, when I am ...

    On December 14, 2016 / By
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    The Age of Super Cruisers

    It has happened so gradually and so steadily over the last 15 years that you would hardly have noticed that the average size of a family cruising boat ...

    On December 7, 2016 / By
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    Jeanneau 509

    The trade winds were huffing and puffing the afternoon we got out on Miami’s Biscayne Bay to test sail the Jeanneau 509, which made for fun and sometimes ...

    On November 16, 2016 / By
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    Allures 45

    At first glance the Allures 45 looked every bit the capable blue water voyager I had expected, ready and willing to take a competent crew around the world ...

    On November 9, 2016 / By
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    Catalina 275 Sport

    As we motored the new Catalina 275 out of Annapolis and into the Chesapeake Bay on a cloudy almost windless afternoon that was threatening showers, I felt the ...

    On November 2, 2016 / By
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    Hanse 575

    The new Hanse 575 debuted in September 2014 in America at the Newport International Boat Show last September in Newport, R.I. During the four days of the show, ...

    On October 26, 2016 / By
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    Catalina 445

    At first sight you know there is something different about the new Catalina 445. The design’s topsides appear lower than her sister ships and the cabin top has ...

    On October 20, 2016 / By