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 […]
Beneteau 30.1
Beneteau 46.1
(published October 2018) When Beneteau launched the all new Oceanis 51.1 last winter at the Miami boat show, it was obvious that the new line of […]
2018 Miami Sailboat Show Preview
For the last decade or more, the sailboat section of the big Miami boat show, called Strictly Sail Miami, has been held at Bayside at Miamarina […]
Beneteau Oceanis 51.1
The new Berret-Racoupeau design is a dream to sail—fast, handy, seaworthy and very comfortable (published January 2018) From the first day that I saw the drawings […]
Small Boats, Big Dreams
It is not the size of your boat that matters, it is the size of your dreams (published June/July 2017) Back in the Seventies, I had […]
Building a la Francaise
Boats have changed and the process of building them has even more so. Beneteau, the world’s largest production boat builder, shares some secrets to developing lighter […]
September Boat Show Preview 2017
With the fall boat shows ahead, here’s BWS’s overview of what’s new and interesting in the cruising marketplace among monohulls (published September 2017) Amel The French […]
Beneteau Oceanis Yacht 62
(published September 2016-boat show preview) The brand new Oceanis Yacht 62 adds a whole new dimension to the meaning of luxury production yachts. The new boat […]
Salty Super Cruiser CNB 76
The new 76-foot cruising sloop from France’s CNB in Bordeaux, provides superb sailing performance in a luxury yacht that will turn heads (published August 2016) Newport, […]
Go Small, Go Far, Go Now
BWS‘s annual guide to great monohulls for coastal cruising, weekending and daysailing (published June/July 2016) BWS has always been published for sailors who sail over the […]