SAIL’s Best Boats 2017: Lagoon 42
November 8, 2016
Best Multihull Cruising Boat 40 to 50ft The curvaceous Lagoon 42 replaces the iconic 420/421 and fills in the gap between the French builder’s 400
Best Multihull Cruising Boat 40 to 50ft The curvaceous Lagoon 42 replaces the iconic 420/421 and fills in the gap between the French builder’s 400
Best Monohull Cruising Boat 40 to 50ft What becomes a legend most? A re-do, at least when it’s well done. With this in mind, Gerry
After racing ahead for some time at breakneck speed, the boatbuilding industry seems to have entered a period of refinement—which is probably a good thing.
Systems Gunboat G4, J/88e, Balance 451 Few are consistently willing to push the technology envelope and accept the (often considerable) risks that this entails. In
Performance Monohull under 30ft Fareast 28R Who hasn’t at some point dreamed of being a rock-star grand prix racer? Alas, the cost of this kind
Daysailer Corsair Pulse 600 It was heartening to see a whole crop of new daysailers at this year’s fall shows, including boats with one, two
Cruising monohull 31-40ft Marlow-Hunter 31 Marlow-Hunter has long been known as an innovator in the marine industry, and the new Marlow-Hunter 31 is keeping that
Cruising Multihull 41-50ft Bali 4.3 Not so long ago, cruising catamarans were unique simply by their existence, but no more. With such a selection of
Cruising Multihull 31-40ft Bavaria Open 40 Known for its monohulls, Bavaria recently acquired French catamaran builder Nautitech and enters the multihull market with the new
Cruising Monohull 41-50ft Italia13.98 According to Italia Yachts, the goal with the 13.98 was to create a “luxury cruiser” in which performance is a part
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