
Review: Hanse 360, SAIL Top 10 Best Boats 2025 Winner
Hanse is embracing the best of big boats alongside the often overlooked advantages of a small boat.

Hanse is embracing the best of big boats alongside the often overlooked advantages of a small boat.

A Top 10 Winner for 2025, the latest from J/Boats is a racer/cruiser worthy of the term.

We are excited to kick off the new year with SAIL’s Top 10 Best Boats for 2025, which our team of judges chose after months of testing, walkthroughs, and study of nearly two dozen models. Whether it’s a fresh crop of small yet surprisingly spacious cruisers to bring more accessible price points to the market or purpose-built adventure boats made for chasing down the horizon, these boats are all about making dreams a reality.

Sometimes you draw the long straw with a boat test and get the chance for a multi-day delivery to really put the boat through its

The latest in this performance cat line is sure to provide more sailing, less motoring.

Good things come to those who wait, and sailing the HH44-SC confirmed the adage. Even under delivery sails—and only a main and genoa, at that—we

You never quite know what’s going to happen on a test sail; often, these boats are fresh off the presses, so to speak, still being

Every year, boatbuilders of all types submit their new models to be nominees in the SAIL Top 10 Best Boats contest. We start reviewing these

Every year, we ask boatbuilders to present us with their new models so that we can include them as nominees in the SAIL Top 10


Friends and crew of a boat lost in the 2024 Newport Bermuda return to the racecourse

The smallest end of the Seawind range proves itself during a spicy sea trial.

Even a rainy day can’t cast a shadow over Jeanneau’s latest midsize cruiser.

On a blustery day, this new multihull flagship keeps calm and carries.

A new flagship elevates an iconic and evergreen cruising brand.

Renewing your six-pack license is a process. Here’s what you need to know.

Amidst a construction shuffle, America’s biggest sailboat show will look a little different this year. The City Dock Resilience and Revitalization Project is reshaping Annapolis’

Photos provided courtesy of the manufacturers It’s been a long time coming, but 2027 is truly the year of the cat. For the first time

Aspiring distance voyagers will find this newest cat a perfect fit.

While checking in on my parent’s boat at the yard, I saw this unusual keel. What’s the purpose of it? — Maddie Doherty, via sailmail@sailmagazine.com