The SAIL Top 10 Best Boats

The SAIL Top 10 Best Boats of 2025

January 2, 2025

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.

Review: Elan Impression 43 Top 10 Best Boats 2024 Nominee

August 2, 2024

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

Review: Outremer 52 Top 10 Best Boats 2025 Winner

July 15, 2024

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

Review: HH44-SC, SAIL Top 10 Best Boats 2024 Winner

June 10, 2024

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

Boat Review: Hanse 510, Top 10 Best Boats 2024 Winner

January 18, 2024

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

The SAIL Top 10 Best Boats of 2024

January 2, 2024

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

Meet the Top 10 Team

October 19, 2023

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

Top 10 Nominee Boat Test Team

October 18, 2023

Tiwal 3R: The Top 10 Best Boats Review

August 17, 2023

It’s no secret that testing dinghies is my favorite part of SAIL’s Top 10 Best Boats competition. They’re sporty, playful, and give sailors an opportunity

Beneteau First 36: The Top 10 Best Boats Review

August 15, 2023

Even before they joined forces with Beneteau back in 2018, Seascape’s Slovenian principals, Andraž Mihelin and Kristian Hajnšek, were brainstorming with their go-to French designer,

The boom furling powered by Laughing Gull’s electric winch snagged Tamsin’s arm, resulting in a trip to the hospital.

Electric Winch Warning

Though they’ve made sailing easier and more accessible, electric winches must be treated with appropriate caution.

Charter: Focused on the Good

Sometimes it’s the imperfections that make things perfect.

Tune in for the Ocean Race Atlantic

Six IMOCAs are lining up in New York this week for the inaugural Ocean Race Atlantic, a fully-crewed sprint from New York City to Lorient, France.

Water System Salvation

Tank water can easily be contaminated with anything from a lingering bad taste to dangerous bacteria. Installing a triple filtration set up on Ben-Varrey helped.