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    Hunter 40

    When Hunter filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy and was subsequently purchased by Marlow Acquisitions, LLC, it was hard to see what direction the new company would be headed. The ...

    On August 17, 2016 / By
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    Catalina 385

    The afternoon we test-sailed the new Catalina 385 on the Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis, the breeze was a pleasant 10 knots out of the northeast and the bay ...

    On August 10, 2016 / By
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    S&S 30

    For those who may have forgotten, Olin Stephens was the Twentieth Century’s resident genius of yacht design, our own nautical Da Vinci. In every aspect of the sailing ...

    On July 27, 2016 / By
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    First Look: Catalina 425

    Catalina Yachts—America’s leading builder of production sailboats—introduces their all new Catalina 425, and while still built to the high standards of the whole Catalina line, the new boat ...

    On July 20, 2016 / By
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    Beneteau Oceanis 41.1

    The lovely Miami morning that we got to sail the new Beneteau Oceanis 41.1 on Biscayne Bay right after the Strictly Sail Miami show, the sun was warm ...

    On July 14, 2016 / By
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    Dufour 405 Grand Large

    The old adage says that whenever you have two boats sailing in the same direction, you have a race. While casual cruisers may deny this, many of us ...

    On July 6, 2016 / By
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    Salona 44

    A true dual-purpose sloop, the Salona 44 offers all the comforts of home in a design that is a proven winner on the racecourse by George Day The ...

    On June 29, 2016 / By
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    Outbound 46 Revisited

    After being dropped ashore by dinghy, I paused on the seawall to make sure I hadn’t forgotten anything aboard, then looked back at the Outbound 46 sitting at ...

    On June 8, 2016 / By
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    Antares 44i

    It was a crystal clear August day when we set out from Gloucester, MA to give Bob and Jan Crandall’s new Antares 44i Sea Spray a test sail. ...

    On June 1, 2016 / By
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    Jeanneau 469

    Last February, after the Miami Strictly Sail boat show at Miamarina, we had a chance to spend a couple of hours sailing the new Sun Odyssey 469 that ...

    On May 25, 2016 / By