This South African yard has specialized in large composite yachts for the past 10 years. This sloop, whose lines, sailplan, keel, and rudder are from Farr Yacht Design, is their largest project to date. The composite hull construction features an infused carbon/Kevlar and epoxy laminate; with structural engineering by SP Technologies. Displacement is expected to be about 130,000
This 65-foot aluminum pilothouse sloop was launched at the end of May and then transited down the St. Lawrence to start an extended cruise to its home port on the west coast of Florida. The basic theme comes from Chuck Paines Bermuda series of designs, but theres an emphasis on increasing interior space aboard this yacht. The key is a large pilothouse that extends over both
When a client wanted to replicate the exact look and idea of the Friendship 40, but in a slightly larger version with two staterooms instead of one, designer Ted Fontaine began to drawand a big sister to the Friendship 40 was born. The exteriors of the two boats are nearly identical, with clean decks and low-profile cabintops providing a full 360-degree line of sight for the helmsman. The 53s
Construction has begun on this new 54-foot center-cockpit design from German Frers, and the first yacht in the series is expected at the end of August. Theres an owners cabin aft and two guest cabins forward. Construction is glass with PVC core except in the keel area, which is solid-glass laminate. Spars and rod rigging are by Seldn, and the auxiliary is a 110-horsepower Volvo diesel. A
Bill Tripp has designed this lifting-keel sloop to be as comfortable racing in the North Atlantic as it is cruising in the Mediterranean. A deep-ballast package creates high stability under sail even as the lifting feature allows access to harbors and shallow anchorages. On deck, the foredeck is flush with a low house aft. Theres a guest cockpit with flush dodgers just behind
Ron Holland and the Perini Navi in-house architectural team are working together on this latest project, which has a launch date of spring 2008. The aluminum yacht will have a 233-foot aluminum mast with carbon-fiber spreaders, a carbon boom with in-boom furling, plus 12 captive winches to handle its 31,000 square feet of sail area. The owners cabin will be spacious, extending across the
Designer Bill Cook has teamed up with Alden Yachts to create this semi-custom center-cockpit yacht with a 44-foot, 5-inch waterline and a 15-foot, 8-inch beam. Construction will be in epoxy with a balsa core. With tooling completed and hull number 1 well under way Cook also has drawn up plans for aft-cockpit and pilothouse versions; the latter will come with a well-appointed inside steering
With the Sakonnet 23, designer Joel White sought to design a simple daysailer that offers good speed, comfortable seating for four, and good looks, because a properly designed daysailer gives the maximum in boating pleasure for the dollars spent. I think its safe to say that this double-ended daysailer built by Edey & Duff accomplishes Whites simple goal. Its lines are
Boats from Southerly Yachts may look like many other offshore cruising boats, but they have a trick up the trunkthe ability to combine the stability of moderate displacement and a heavy fixed keel with the versatility of a variable-draft swing keel. As anyone can attest who has dug a fixed keel into a shoal, or been on a boat that was too deep to get into a shallow gunkhole,
If you want to see a dramatic example of how far monohull cruising boats have evolved in the past couple of decades, study the Saga 409 for a while. Its blister-coachroof/deck-saloon configuration opens up the interior and makes space for vital systems below while looking sleek from the outside. It has beautifully curved cherry bulkheads and doors that look as if they might
Kathy Veel and Bridget Canham, the final finishers of the 2022 Sydney-Hobart, had a goal to finish by New Year’s Day. It came down to
With high aspirations to break the record for fastest global circumnavigation, the Sails of Change team has one final hurdle before it can get sailing:
I used to live in Thomaston, Maine, literally just down the street from the Lyman-Morse yard, but that was 20 years ago, so I
So here it is, almost gift-giving time, and you’re fresh out of ideas for that favorite sailor in your life. We are here to help
It’s been a long five years since the conclusion of the 2018 Volvo Ocean Race, and a lot more than the event’s name has changed.
I was going to write this month’s column about propellor selection. Biking my 2-year-old son, Axel, to preschool yesterday, the piece started forming in my
Just six weeks ago Hurricane Ian came through Southwest Florida, turning communities and wildlife upside down. According to CNN, Ian displaced thousands of people and
Growing up, sailing was always part of my life. This did not happen by chance but rather was the result of generations before me having
Clouds in the sky will be competing with clouds of sail in summer of 2025 in the North Sea and English Channel, when Europe’s tall
Read All-New Battery Tech: Part 1, here. When I started the lithium project on our 65-foot Farr, Falken, Mia, and I were hell-bent on induction
