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Kanter Bougainvillea 65
Kanter Bougainvillea 65 • Designed around its creature comforts as much as on-the-water performance, the aluminum Kanter Bougainvillea 65 delivers luxurious living in a Chuck Paine–designed package. Since the owners planned to spend much time on the dock, the large more »
Posted in BWS, Blue Water Sailing, Boat Reviews, Cruising Boats, Cruising Over 40', Kanter
Tagged Blue Water Sailing, Boat Reviews, Bougainvillea, Chuck Paine, Kanter, Pilot House
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Lagoon 500
Lagoon 500 • It will be hard to miss the new Lagoon 500 at Annapolis this fall. The 51-foot-long, 28-foot-wide cat was designed by Marc Van Peteghem and Vincent Lauriot Prevost for ocean crossings and luxurious cruising. They say it more »
Leopard 43
Leopard 43 • A name already well established in cruising circles, Leopard Catamarans launched the new Leopard 43 designed by Simonis-Voogd. Leopard is the private sales branch of The Moorings and the charter version, the Moorings 4300, will soon be more »
Malo 40
Malo 40 • Based on Orust Island in Sweden, a stone’s throw from where Najad and Hallberg-Rassy got their start, Malö Yachts has been building sailboats since 1939, and fishing boats for generations before that. The hardy North Sea conditions more »
Posted in BWS, Blue Water Sailing, Boat Reviews, Cruising Boats, Cruising Over 40', Malo
Tagged Blue Water Sailing, Boat Reviews, Malo, Orust Island, Sweden
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Morris 42
Morris 42 • Morris Yachts on Mount Desert Island, Maine, has been building top-quality, semi-custom yachts since 1972 whose pleasing lines and sailing ability draw stares in every harbor they enter. Last year Morris took a break from the ocean-capable more »
Posted in BWS, Blue Water Sailing, Boat Reviews, Cruising Boats, Cruising Over 40', Morris
Tagged Blue Water Sailing, Boat Reviews, Chuck Paine, Morris
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Najad 380
Najad 380 • Following in the Najad tradition of building high-quality, center-cockpit cruising boats capable of passagemaking and cruising from the North Sea to the tropics and anywhere in between, the Najad 380 has proven her mettle in European waters more »
Posted in BWS, Blue Water Sailing, Boat Reviews, Cruising Boats, Cruising Under 40', Najad
Tagged Blue Water Sailing, Boat Reviews, Judel/Vrolijk, Najad
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Island Packet 440
Island Packet 440 • Island Packet has been building full-keel cruising boats since the 1970s and this year will be adding the Island Packet 440 to its line. Following the success of the IP37, the 440 is the first aft more »
Oceanis Clipper 523
Oceanis Clipper 523 • Beneteau will be introducing the Océanis Clipper 523 this fall to replace the Beneteau 50. Designer Groupe Finot kept an eye to luxury and comfort as well as reliability and cruising range when designing this newest more »
Oyster 82
Oyster 82 • Designed by Rob Humphreys as a scaled-down superyacht, the new Oyster 82 is the superlative performance cruiser. The characteristic Oyster deck saloon provides enough room for a small soirée in addition to a more than adequate nav more »
Posted in BWS, Blue Water Sailing, Cruising Boats, Cruising Over 40', Oyster
Tagged Blue Water Sailing, Boat Review, Oyster 82
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Privilege 495
Privilege 495 • Designed for both charter work and private, long distance cruising, the Privilege 495 couples the comfort afforded by a larger catamaran with the safety and performance demanded by those planning to move aboard. At 49 feet, five more »
Najad 440
Najad 440 Passagemaker • Swedish-built to a Judel/Vrolijk design, the Najad 440 will raise the bar for comfort and speed among midsize offshore cruising boats We have long had a partiality for cruising boats with LOAs in the mid-40s and more »
Posted in BWS, Blue Water Sailing, Boat Reviews, Cruising Boats, Cruising Over 40', Najad
Tagged Blue Water Sailing, Boat Reviews, Judel/Vrolijk, Najad
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Navy 44
Navy 44 • The dark blue hulls of the U.S. Naval Academy 44s are familiar sights at offshore races, and the veteran McCurdy & Rhodes design will be replaced, beginning in 2005, with a boat from Pedrick Yacht Designs. It more »
Najad 511
Najad 511 • This Swedish import has all the room and all the quality you need for a world cruise Najad 511 The new flagship of the Najad fleet, designed by Judel, Vrolijk & Co. and built by Najad in more »
Posted in BWS, Blue Water Sailing, Boat Reviews, Cruising Boats, Cruising Over 40', Najad
Tagged Blue Water Sailing, Boat Reviews, Judel/Vrolijk, Najad
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J/133
J/133 • The J/133 achieves the magic combination of terrific sailing qualities with accommodations a cruising family will love Jim Johnstone cut off in mid-anecdote about his years crewing on the classic J Class Shamrock IV. “Simon, ease the main! more »
Posted in BWS, Blue Water Sailing, Boat Reviews, Cruising Boats, Cruising Over 40', J Boats
Tagged Blue Water Sailing, Boat Reviews, J Boats, Jim Johnstone
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Morris 51
Morris 51 • Designed and built in Maine, the semi-custom Morris 51 blends the best traditions of the sea with the most modern building techniques and the latest sailing systems The Morris 51, designed by Chuck Paine, started life as more »
Najad 373
Najad 373 • A compact cruiser that can fly This new 37-footer from Sweden offers elegant accommodations in a hull that has proven to be both swift and comfortable at sea In the past decade the average size of new more »
Leopard 47
Leopard 47 • From South Africa, the new Leopard 47 cruising cat offers sumptuous accommodations combined with fine sailing characteristics and on-the-level cruising Cruising with three other couples that we did not know well was a first for us. My more »
Northwind 58
Northwind 58 • An elegant, modern passagemaker from Spain’s premier builder gets a three-day test in blustery Mediterranean The morning departure from Barcelona was hurried as we scurried around the North Wind boatyard in search of spare parts, provisions and more »
Kanter 54.5
Kanter 54.5 • strong, nimble and aluminum—is slated to carry a crew of two on an upcoming extended world cruise. BWS joined Steve and Karyn James aboard Threshold for a 300-mile shakedown from Greenwich, Conn., to Annapolis, Md. Got any more »
Posted in BWS, Blue Water Sailing, Boat Reviews, Cruising Boats, Cruising Over 40', Kanter
Tagged Blue Water Sailing, Boat Reviews, Chuck Paine, Kanter, Threshold
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Island Packet 485
Island Packet 485 • The new 51-footer from Island Packet is a comfortable cruiser, capable of making faster passages than you might expect The folks at Island Packet in Largo, Fla., have been making sailboats that are immediately recognizable as more »
Posted in BWS, Blue Water Sailing, Boat Reviews, Cruising Boats, Cruising Over 40', Island Packet
Tagged 485, Blue Water Sailing, Boat Review, Island Packet
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Outbound 44
Outbound 44 • Bulletproof cruising, semi-custom detailing and sophisticated blue-water performance describe this powerful Schumacher design. In the July/August 2000 issue of Blue Water Sailing, we ran a design profile on what we called at the time a “bright new more »
Malo 41
Malo 41 • From Sweden, oceangoing and spry We had a great time aboard the Swedish-built Malö 41, and found plenty to recommend this solid pretender to the thrones of Hallberg- Rassy and Najad. In the July 2002 issue of more »
Posted in BWS, Blue Water Sailing, Boat Reviews, Cruising Boats, Cruising Over 40', Malo
Tagged Blue Water Sailing, Boat Reviews, Malo, Sweden
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Northwind 43
Northwind 43 • Spanish offshore cruising agenda with an S&S pedigree The Spanish sailing heritage embraced the age of seaborne empire and the unveiling of the New World, but it didn’t end there. Given the Med to the south and more »
Island Packet 420
Island Packet 420 • Not long after Bob Johnson and his scrupulous team at Island Packet Yachts introduced the Island Packet 420 in 1999, BWS had the opportunity to sail aboard a brand-new one on a springtime romp from Norfolk, more »
Northwind 43
Northwind 43 • European style and modern cruising performance combine elegantly in this Spanish-built passagemaker Over the years, we have sail tested hundreds of boats, but we never really know in advance what moment of a sail test will crystallize more »
J/40 Gryphon
J/40 Gryphon • She’s now safe and reliable – and still fun to About three years ago my wife Raine and I sailed our J/40 Gryphon down Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay under the Newport Bridge and south past Block Island. more »
Posted in BWS, Blue Water Sailing, Boat Reviews, Cruising Boats, Cruising Over 40', J Boats
Tagged Blue Water Sailing, Boat Reviews, Gryphon, J Boats, J/40
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Prout 33
Prout 33 • Around the world on a catamaran. In August of 1992 we made the big announcement: “We’re leaving in October to sail around the world!” The faces of our friends bore emotions as varied as their comments, everything more »
Posted in BWS, Blue Water Sailing, Boat Reviews, Cruising Boats, Cruising Multihulls, Cruising Under 40', Prout
Tagged Catamaran, Multihull, Proust
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