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X-Yachts XC 45
(published September 2016-boat show preview) X-Yachts of Denmark is one of Europe’s leading builders of performance cruisers and racer-cruisers. With their northern European design ethos and reputation...
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Catalina 425 ‘Circumnavigation’
With the owner and designer aboard, BWS takes hull number one of the new 425 off on an adventure (published October 2016) There is something about a tropical isle on the horizon that calls to me, as it...
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HH 42 IRC Performance
BWS joins the crew of the new HH42 to compete in the New York Yacht Club’s 2016 Regatta at Newport and came away bloodied but amazed (published November 2016) It has been a very long time since I have...
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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 55 Amel The French builder Amel has long...
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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 boats with greater fuel...
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Dufour Grand Large 460
The French builder dials in the sweet spot with their new, three-cabin ultra-modern family cruiser, complete with built-in grill (published March 2017) Good ideas are catching. Once you’ve had one,...
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Jeanneau 51
(published April 2017) When I woke just after dawn and checked the weather app on my phone, I could see we were in for a storm. The radar showed a massive squall line that reached from Cuba in the...
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Discovering Denmark by Tri
A late spring cruise aboard a new Dragonfly 28 took the author and his family on an adventure in and around Denmark’s ‘South Sea’ (published fall 2017, Mulithulls Quarterly) There are some...
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Dragonfly 28 “Touring”
The Danish designed and built trimaran combines comfortable cruising accommodations with exciting sailing performance (published fall 2017) In early June, we had the opportunity to cruise on a...
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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 the good luck to be invited to join my old friend John Kiley aboard...
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Meet the Innovative Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 440
The eighth generation of the Sun Odyssey line kicks off a new era for Jeanneau with a boat that is brimming with innovations based on 60 years of boat building experience (published November/December...
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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 and renderings of the new Beneteau...
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X Yachts X4 from Denmark
This thoroughly modern new design is a perfect dual-purpose boat for families who love to both race and cruise (published August 2017) The term racer-cruiser has always given me pause primarily...
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Elan GT5
Built in Slovenia, this new 40-foot Rob Humphries design brings the real meaning of “Gran Tourismo” to the yachting world (published January/February 2018) It was a lovely, light air morning on the...
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Moody Deck Saloon 54
The new Bill Dixon design is a proper yacht that a couple could easily sail around the world (published March 2018) It was a beautiful autumn morning when I met up with the new owners of the Moody 54...
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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 near downtown Miami. The powerboat section of the show...
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The Rebirth of Island Packet
(published April 2018) Over the weekend of March 16 and 17, something happened that many sailing industry veterans had hoped for but never quite believed would occur: Island Packet Yachts had a large,...
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BWS’s Annual Fall Boat Show Preview
New Cruising Boats: monohulls and multihulls (published September 2018) Every year as we prepare our annual boat show preview of new cruising boats we are remined of two important changes that have...
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Inside the United States Sailboat Show in Annapolis
For five days in early October, the city of Annapolis, MD becomes the sailing Mecca of the U.S. with more boats, more booths and more sailors than any other all-sail show. Here’s a wrap up of what you...
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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 designs under the Oceanis banner was going to...
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