Boat Review: Dufour 470
September 28, 2022
Annapolis may be the sailing capital of America, but if you looked around the United States Sailboat Show last fall, you would have no choice
Annapolis may be the sailing capital of America, but if you looked around the United States Sailboat Show last fall, you would have no choice
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Dufour, long one of France’s most well-respected builders, has been producing sailboats in La Rochelle since the dawn of fiberglass boatbuilding. Having recently merged with
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The Biscontini-Nauta designed Oceanis 52 has a lot in common with the 47, but the extra five feet really do make space for some extra
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After six weeks of racing, it all came down to a single day for four of the seven teams competing in The Ocean Race Europe.
With The Ocean Race Europe drawing to a close this weekend, we look back on a very different race finish in 2023, where the teams
