Industry Leader Profile: Island Packet’s Bob Johnson
byBob Johnson is a boat guy. And he’s a car guy. And he’s an M.I.T.-educated thinker who also happens to be the founder, president, and chief…
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JP 54: One Radical Crusier
byThe JP 54 has an anchor roller, long bowsprit, clean, uncluttered decks, and dual helm stations, but it’s hardly your typical cruising boat. Maybe that’s because…
Tartan 4000
byAccording to advanced reports, the new 40-foot Tartan 4000 appears to have many elements—carbon fiber mast, boom and rudder, infused epoxy composite hull and deck, and…
Gunboat 66 Sailing at 20 knots
byCheck out the video of the Gunboat 66 my buddy Toby Hodges at Yachting World in the UK shot during a 4-day test down in the…
Seven Tips to Help You Sell Your Boat
byIn the current market, it takes a heck of lot more than simply hanging a For Sale sign from the lifelines to sell a pre-owned boat….
Life Raft Check Up
byHaving to deploy a liferaft and abandon ship is every offshore sailor’s nightmare. But it could be worse—say, if your boat is sinking and the raft…
New Neel Trimaran
byCheck this new trimaran out that just launched over in multihull-crazy France. It comes from Eric Bruneel who left Fountaine Pajot recently. As you could probably…
Hunter’s The Edge
byHunter Marine has never been afraid to mix things up and they are doing it again with the launch of a 27-foot, trailerable, water-ballasted motorsailer dubbed…
Cape Cod Circumnavigation on a F-24 Trimaran?
byIt was all going to be so easy and so much fun when we pulled out the charts and kicked around the “Hey, let’s circumnavigate Cape…
Catamaran Tech
byCatamaran design and construction is old enough for the raw edge of experimentation to have been blunted and young enough for it to still hold some…
Beneteau 523
byGroupe Beneteau is the largest sailboat manufacturer in the world. It comprises four separate companies—Beneteau, Jeanneau, Lagoon, and CNB—that operate independently but share economies of scale….
Andrews 28
byThe Andrews 28 sportboat is Canadian builder Sylvana Yacht’s answer to the question “Can you build a boat that’s fast, stiff, easy to sail, and easy…