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Boat Reviews
BLUE WATER BOATS | HYLAS 56
Hylas Yachts makes a luxurious world cruiser for a couple or family • The Hylas 54 proved to be one of the most successful 50-foot plus cruising boats ever built and continues to set a standard for a couple’s ultimate more »
BLUE WATER BOATS | ISLAND PACKET 360
Island Packet 360 • This new mid-size bluewater cruiser will make a fine and sensible couple’s cruising boat The Island Packet 360 debuted at last fall’s Annapolis sailboat show and caused a nice stir among the boatbuilder’s many fans. The more »
BLUE WATER BOATS | CATALINA 385
Catalina 385 • This mid-size family cruiser combines traditional good looks (and values) with a long list of innovations and refinements The afternoon we test-sailed the new Catalina 385 on the Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis, the breeze was a pleasant more »
BLUE WATER BOATS | BENETEAU OCEANIS 45
BENETEAU OCEANIS 45 • This thoroughly modern cruiser offers great sailing in a design that will make a comfortable floating home By George Day (Photos courtesy Gilles Martin-Raget) Last summer I signed on to crew aboard the brand new Beneteau more »
BRUCKMANN 50 | Classic Mark Ellis Designed Motorsailer
Bruckmann 50 MKII • It was a lovely summer afternoon when we set off from Falmouth, Massachusetts in the company of three Bruckmann 50s to see if we could get some photos of the big motorsailers engaged in “synchronized sailing” more »
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TARTAN 4700 | An American Original
Tartan 4700 • For 50 years, Tartan has been building high quality production cruising and performance cruising boats in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio that have set a worldwide standard for integrity and design quality. But until this year, the more »
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SHOWING HER STERN | Dufour 405 Grand Large
The new DUFOUR 405 GRAND LARGE combines a sweet performance hull and rig with a classic yacht-style interior. The old adage says that whenever you have two boats sailing in the same direction, you have a race. While casual cruisers more »
Posted in Blue Water Sailing, Boat Reviews, Cruising Boats, Cruising Under 40', Dufour, Editors Picks Archives
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2011 BOAT SHOW PREVIEW
2011 BOAT SHOW PREVIEW • BAVARIA CRUISER 32 • Last summer, Bavaria USA introduced four new models to the U.S. market. The smallest of the fleet is the Bavaria 32, which packs a lot in a fairly small package. Designed more »
Posted in 2011 Boat Show Preview, Bavaria, Beneteau, Blue Water Sailing, Boat Reviews, Cruising Boats, Cruising Over 40', Cruising Under 40', Editors Picks Archives, Hake, Hallberg-Rassy, Hanse, Hunter, Island Packet, Jeanneau, Oyster, Sabre, Tartan
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BAVARIA RISING by George Day
BAVARIA RISING • Our story and the story of the re-launch of Bavaria Yachts is an American one. But from my perspective, it has its beginnings in the coastal resort of Alacati on Turkey’s west coast, not far from the more »
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Beneteau Oceanis 58
BENETEAU OCEANIS 58 • The flagship of the Oceanis fleet offers truly elegant living aboard a boat that will capably circle the planet. Over the years, we have sailed and tested many of the Beneteaus to come to market in more »
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BAVARIA IN AMERICA
BAVARIA IN AMERICA • The German production boat builder is all set to make waves in North America with a new line of cruisers. Bavaria Yachts of Germany has one of the largest and most advanced production boat building facilities more »
Jenneau 53: A Deck-Saloon yacht fit for living aboard
JEANNEAU 53DS • The new Jeanneau 53 aft-cockpit, deck-saloon sloop is a production-built passagemaker with true yacht stylingLast fall, BWS had the opportunity to test sail the new Jeanneau 53 on the Chesapeake Bay. The afternoon was lovely and the more »
Catalina 355
CATALINA 355 • After last October’s Annapolis Sailboat Show, I had the chance to spend the better part of a lovely fall afternoon sailing the new Catalina 355 with her designer Gerry Douglas, who is in charge of production for more »
Oyster 46
OYSTER 46 • Last summer I had the good luck to be invited to join the Oyster Rendezvous in Newport, Rhode Island, where I would sail in daily races aboard owners’ yachts. On the first day’s run from Newport to more »
Tartan 5300
TARTAN 5300 • I have to admit that I have a soft spot for Tartans. In 1963 or so, my parents and our neighbors in partnership bought an early Tartan 27—the classic S&S design that launched the company. For years, more »
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Antares 44i
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. We cleared the harbor mouth, zigged our way through more »
Discovery 50
DISCOVERY 50 • The new Discovery 50 cruising catamaran offers luxurious accomodations in highly advanced cruising hulls powered by a rig fit for girdling the globe.On a Sunday morning in June, we set off from the little Massachusetts island of more »
2010 BOAT SHOW PREVIEW
2010 BOAT SHOW PREVIEW • MORRIS 29 • Like her larger sisters in the M-class line of luxury daysailers and coastal cruisers, the new M29 combines lovely classic hull lines with a modern keel and spade rudder to give her more »
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Sabre 456
SABRE 456 • With a new interior, keel and rig, the Sabre 456 offers her owners Maine-built quality with a new level of luxury and comfort.The Sabre 456 that will be launched this summer and debut at the fall sailboat more »
Tartan 400
TARTAN 400 • The new Tartan 400 is an American-designed, American-built performance cruiser with a great pedigree and a bright future.Forty feet is one of the sweet spots in cruising boat design. There are more famous production boats at 40 more »
Oyster 575
OYSTER 575 • The new Rob Humphries design sets a benchmark in the mid-50s luxury cruising fleet. Late in 2009, BWS had the chance to visit the Oyster facilities in the east of England, and during a factor tour was more »
Oyster 655 Offshore
OYSTER 655 OFFSHORE •On a 300-mile offshore delivery, BWS discovers (again) why Oysters set the standard for world-class passagemakers.The delivery run from Newport, Rhode Island to Annapolis, Maryland as boats are moved from one boat show to the other has more »
Pacific Seacraft 40 Blue Water Classic
THE NEW PACIFIC SEACRAFT 40 is built with integrity to cross oceans safely and swiftly. Last fall, while attending the annual Pacific Seacraft open house at the builder’s new facility in Washington, N.C., I had the opportunity to sail a more »
Grand Soleil 545
The new GRAND SOLEIL 545 packs eye-catching Euro styling in a 54-footer that sails like the wind. In our efforts to sail trial the new Grand Soleil 545, Simon and I ended up spending a night and two days aboard more »
Rivolta 43
RIVOLTA 43 VINTAGE • The new 43-footer from Rivolta Yachts blends traditional Maine styling with a dash of European flair This fall, Rivolta Yachts rolled out the plans for a new and interesting 43-foot Vintage cruising boat. Conceived by the more »
Morris M52
MORRIS M52 • The new S&S design being built by Morris Yachts combines classical lines with a modern hull and advanced building techniques The M series of Sparkman & Stephens designed sloops that Morris Yachts has been building for the more »
Norstar 40
NORSTAR 40 • The Robert Perry-designed Norstar 40 began life as the classic Nordic 40 and still is one of the best mid-size cruisers ever built. Gary and Steve Nordvedt are second generation boat builders in the Pacific Northwest who more »
Rustler 44
RUSTLER 44 • “A Pure Blue-Water Cruiser from Britain”. British designers and builders have a well earned reputation for creating cruising boats that can stand up to the rigors of offshore and even high latitude sailing. There’s a good reason more »
Jeanneau 57
JEANNEAU 57 • The Philippe Briand-designed 57-footer offers exciting performance coupled with luxurious accommodations. Jeanneau has an answer to the recession: Go forward boldly and creatively. As one of the world’s largest builders of cruising and racing monohulls, and as more »
Catalina 445
CATALINA 445 Live-aboard Cruiser Catalina listens to what cruisers and customers want—the all-new and innovative 445 is the latest result. At first sight you know there is something different about the new Catalina 445. The design’s topsides appear lower than more »
J/95
J/95 • J Boats launches an innovative new 31-foot, centerboard cruiser-racer that is offshore capable and has the draft of a Sunfish. The day BWS test sailed the new J/95 the stars were not aligned for a proper and in-depth more »
Thin Water Cruising Boats
THIN WATER CRUISING BOATS • BWS takes a look at the fleet of cruising monohulls drawing less than five feet Pacific Seacraft 37 Blue water tends to be deep water and that is what lies between the land masses we more »
Seawind 1000XL
THE SEAWIND 1000XL combines modern construction techniques with innovative design to create a cruising cat that is unlike all others in her class. The morning after the recent Newport International Boat show in Newport, R.I., broke clear and bright with more »
Tartan 4300
TARTAN 4300 • Designed for fast, shorthanded cruising, the new Tartan 4300 offers an epoxy hull, carbon fiber spars and the quality to last a lifetime. Tartan Yachts has been building high quality cruising boats in Ohio since the early more »
Wauquiez Pilot Salon 55
WAUQUIEZ PILOT SALON 55 • In the far north of France not far from the English channel and right on the border with Belgium lies the provincial town of Neuville en Ferrain. The town is far from the yachting centers more »
Sabre Spirit
With the new SABRE SPIRIT, the designers, Jim Taylor Yacht Design and the Sabre Design Team, set out to recapture what makes most people fall in love with sailing in the first place. Instead of focusing on interior volume and more »
Sun Fast 3200
SUN FAST 3200 • Popular sailboat manufacturer Jeanneau’s 50th anniversary is this year, and to celebrate, they debuted a boat that will change your image of daysailers. Resembling an Open 60 more than a classic cruiser, the new Sun Fast more »
Tartan 4300
TARTAN 4300 • In the August issue of BWS, we ran a full design review of the new soon-to-be launched Tartan 4300. Hull number one is due to premiere at the Newport (R.I.) boat show in September. The new boat more »
Wauquiez Centurian 40s
WAUQUIEZ CENTURIAN 40s • One of the most venerable names in European boat building, Wauquiez has a well earned reputation for crafting elegant, performance cruising boats. The new Centurion 40s continues the company’s tradition. The hull and deck are infusion more »
St. Francis 50
ST. FRANCIS 50 • Another South African built boat from a builder that has earned a worldwide reputation for blue-water catamarans, the St. Francis 50 was created by noted yacht designer Angelo Lavranos to be a pure cruising passagemaker and more »
TomCat 9.7
TOMCAT 9.7 • The new TomCat 9.7, the big sister to the original 6.2, is an entry-level performance cruising cat from Canada that combines fine sailing characteristics with an innovative interior plan. From the outset the builders envisioned a cruising more »
Wauquiez PS41
WAUQUIEZ PILOT SALON 41 • Wauquiez Yachts has two Pilot Saloon models that are available this year in the U.S., the new Wauquiez PS 41 and the PS 47 that was introduced last year. The PS 41 evolved from the more »
AERODNYE REBORN
Aerodyne. Longtime readers of BWS will know that we have kept an eye on Aerodyne Yachts since we saw the first Rodger Martin—designed 38 at the Newport International Boat Show and over the years have run reviews of all four more »
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Tartan 3400
TARTAN 3400 • The new Tartan 3400 combines high-tech construction and modern design with classic Tartan styling The name Tartan has become synonymous with enduring cruising boats that combine satisfying sailing performance with top construction and comfortable, well thought out more »
Swan 46
SWAN 46 • After a decade’s focus on fully-crewed racing boats, Nautor’s Swan reinvents its blue-water cruising identity with the Swan 46 Since the company’s 1967 debut with the Swan 36, Nautor’s Swan has been a leading name in top-end more »
Shannon 43
THE SHANNON 43 proves her versatility and timeless appeal on a 400-mile sea trial The Walter Schultz’ designed Shannon 43 first turned heads in 1986, and after 20 years of production her classic look, seaworthy construction and sailing performance have more »
Santa Cruz 53C
SANTA CRUZ 53C • Known for their successful ultralight racers, Santa Cruz Yachts unveiled their first fully dedicated performance cruiser at the Oakland boat show. The Santa Cruz 53C has the same hull form as the racy 52 but features more »
Seawind 1160
SEAWIND 1160 • Designed and built in Australia, the new Seawind 1160 is the sister ship to the highly successful Seawind 1000 and 1200. Conceived as a pure cruising boat with excellent performance characteristics, the 1160′s builders set out to more »
Shannon Shoalsailer 35
SHANNON SHOALSAILER 35 • With a home in the Florida Keys and a desire to explore them by sail, shallow coastal gunkholing rather than ocean passages were the inspiration for designer Walt Schulz’s Shoalsailers by Shannon Yachts. The Shoalsailer 35 more »
Sun Odyssey 45
SUN ODYSSEY 45 • Jeanneau will be showcasing two new models in the Sun Odyssey line this fall. The Sun Odyssey 45 derives its style from the successful 49, which debuted in 2003, both designed by Philippe Briand. The Sun more »
Wauquiez Pilot Salon 47
WAUQUIEZ PILOT SALON 47 • Henri Wauquiez began building boats in 1965 and at the turn of the century launched the pilothouse series by the Berret/Racoupeau design team with the Pilot Salon 40, and now the new Wauquiez Pilot Salon more »
X-46
X-46 • At the leading edge of high-performance cruisers, the X-Yachts fleet has been claiming silver in European IMS racing circuits. Among them, the new X-46 has earned its fair share of mantle-ware in the Med and will be new more »
Tartan 34
TARTAN 34 • There was a time, not so long ago, when boats in the mid-30-foot range were thought of as the “right” size, combining ease of handling with enough waterline to make quick passages. In 1967 the boatbuilding firm more »
Valiant 50
VALIANT 50 • The Valiant 47, now morphed into the Valiant 50, has been carrying passagemakers to destinations both far- and near-flung. This Robert Perry double-ender would never be mistaken for the work of any other designer, although Perry himself more »
Saga 48
SAGA 48 • Designed by Robert Perry and built by Canada’s Saga Marine, the new Saga 48 offers cruisers an elegant design that has been built to the best standards In late October I was given the opportunity to sail more »
X-43
X-43 • X-Yachts’ new 43-foot cruiser/racer offers exciting sailing with plenty of comfort. For almost 25 years the Danish company X-Yachts has been successfully building boats for modern sailors who look for fast, safe and comfortable yachts. The company specializes more »
TARTAN 4400
TARTAN 4400 • BWS’s 250-mile sea trial of the new Tartan 4400 proves that the boat is an elegant new player in the world of liveaboard cruisers We had been looking forward to sailing the new Tartan 4400 from New more »
Sabre 426
SABRE 426 • The newest sloop from Sabre combines sweet sailing smarts and practical cruising amenities In September the most recent addition to the Sabre Yachts catalog debuted at the Newport (R.I.) International Boat Show, sporting the solid standards and more »
Silver Phantom 44
SILVER PHANTOM 44 • A truly elegant pilothouse sloop from New Zealand Over the past 20 years New Zealand has produced not only many of the world’s best and most successful sailors but also many of the planet’s most accomplished more »
Saga 35
SAGA 35 • A scaled-down cruiser by Boby Perry offers performance, manageablility and long legs The autumn wind came at last to Chesapeake Bay during the second week of December. And it came in force. I had just completed a more »
Shannon Pilot 43
SHANNON PILOT 43 • Another breakthrough concept for Shannon, combining wheelhouse comfort with aft-cockpit Walt Schulz, president and founder of Shannon Yachts, remains committed to the cautious design mindset that has enabled almost three decades of Shannons to become icons more »
