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Boats and Gear/Launchings
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Not that long ago, many purpose-built cruising boats paid attention to comfort first and performance was little more than an afterthought. Fortunately, those days are all but gone and prominent designers who have made their name creating some of the...
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Boats and Gear/Launchings
Author:Erin Schanen
In October, the serially crashing stock market was at the top of every newscast. Conventional wisdom might hold that people would not be in a buying mood. Yet in Annapolis, Maryland, sailors were coming to the U.S. Sailboat Show in droves, buying...
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Boats and Gear/Launchings
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Naval architects continue to do amazing things with smaller boats, making them almost defy their lengths. The new Hanse 325 is one of these designs. At just 32 feet long, the 325 sounds like a small boat, but the Judel/Vrolijk & Co. team...
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Boats and Gear/Launchings
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Two sailors, both titans in the sport, were selected from a group of the best sailors in the United States over the past year to be named US Sailing’s Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year. Terry Hutchinson, the world champion of one of the...
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Boats and Gear/Launchings
Author:Staff
You have to admit, the current spate of larger sport boats such as the Melges 32 and Flying Tiger 10m are pretty darn cool. But if you have family and friends left at home wondering when you’re going to take them on a nice relaxing weekend cruise,...
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Boats and Gear/Launchings
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There is a certain charm inherent to catboats that makes you just want to sail away on one. What’s nice about the Apby 20, designed by Tony Davis and built by Arey’s Pond Boat Yard in Massachusetts, is that it packs the charm and sailability of...
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Boats and Gear/Launchings
Author:Staff
The Beneteau 34 bridges the gap between the manufacturer’s 31- and 37-foot cruisers, providing a performance-oriented mid-sized cruiser at a reasonable price. The hull is hand-laid solid GRP bonded to a structural hull liner for a light, strong...
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Boats and Gear/Launchings
Author:Staff
The Beneteau First 30 made its way to U.S. race courses last year, but the boat continues to define a new kind of production racing boat. Designed by Juan Kouyoumdjian, one of the premiere racing sailboat designs of the time, along with Beneteau,...
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Boats and Gear/Launchings
Author:Erin L Schanen
Sometimes sailboat buyers need to look to the top of a manufacturer’s line to get all the best gadgets and latest design features. But Beneteau has incorporated all of the best features of the boats at the top end of its line into a moderately...
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Boats and Gear/Launchings
Author:Staff
Beneteau continues to refine their line of performance cruisers with the introduction of a new 50 and 58. With the sleek lines, low coachroof and long eyebrow window we’ve come to expect of European designs, the 50 offers a great cruising platform...
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Boats and Gear/Launchings
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The Dehler brand is known for combining the best of the cruising and racing worlds and continues that theme in its new Dehler 32, introduced at the Düsseldorf boat show in February. The boat sizes down performance cruising for those not willing...
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Boats and Gear/Launchings
Author:Staff
Dehler’s new flagship 60-footer is typical of the line: full of sleek, crazy good looks that make you want to sell the house and move onto a boat. For the 60, the company stuck with its proven formula of a low cabinhouse, open transom,...
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Boats and Gear/Launchings
Author:Staff
When Finngulf decided to create an updated line of performance cruisers, for the first time in the company’s history it looked stateside for the design. Farr Yacht Design took on the task, and the first product of the new line is the Finngulf 43,...
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Boats and Gear/Launchings
Author:Staff
The Gunboat line of multihulls offers just about anything a person could want in a multihull: speed, good looks, a comfortable, spacious interior. If there was one drawback to previous models, it was that they were too large for most owners to...
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Boats and Gear/Launchings
Author:Staff
Hanse’s flagship 630 made a big splash at the U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis, this year where show-goers admired its sleek good looks and clean deck layout. But for many sailors, a 63-foot boat is not a practical option. Thankfully, Hanse is...
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Boats and Gear/Launchings
Author:Staff
Four years ago Hobie tweaked its line of popular kayaks by introducing the Hobie Mirage Adventure Island, which added a sail rig and amas to a 16-foot kayak hull to create a “sail/yak.” The experiment must have been deemed a success, as the...
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Boats and Gear/Launchings
Author:Erin Schanen
It’s a whole new world for the Hunter 33 with the launch of the redesigned e33. After five years in production with more than 625 boat launch, the Hunter 33 was redesigned with a sleek modern profile, more space on deck and below and entirely new...
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Boats and Gear/Launchings
Author:Staff
Thin-water sailors are familiar with making sacrifices to be able to sail where the want to. The J/95 could make all those sacrifices go away. The 31-footer offers seaworthiness, performance and comfort all in a shoal-draft package. The 95,...
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Boats and Gear/Launchings
Author:Staff
Jeanneaus are known for their graceful lines and fine styling fit for a performance cruiser. In preparation for the new Sun Fast 3200, boat show goers should start by replacing that image in their mind with a tough little racer that’s busy tearing...
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Boats and Gear/Launchings
Author:Staff
Thirty feet is not a lot of boat, but somehow Jeanneau’s latest introduction to its cruising Sun Odyssey line seems like a heck of a lot of boat, and plenty of boat to do whatever kind of cruising strikes your fancy. Maybe that’s because...
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