Sailing Magazine : The Beauty of Sail

1. Biscayne Bay Yacht Club
(EventList / Biscayne Bay Yacht Club)

Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association P.O. Box 331492     *      Miami, FL 33233-1492     ...

2. Soto 40 One-design racer
(Boats and Gear/Perry on Design)

... hiking power without the drag of a fatter boat in the topsides. The D/L of the 40 is 67.75, and that’s about the same as the boat in the next review, the RC 44. The biggest difference in these two designs ...

3. Soto 40
(Boats and Gear/Perry on Design)

... winglets give you the hiking power without the drag of a fatter boat in the topsides. The D/L of the 40 is 67.75, and that’s about the same as the boat in the next review, the RC 44. The biggest difference ...

4. Pearson 28-2
(Boats and Gear/Used Boat Notebook)

... built several boats that could be considered a Pearson 28, but the one I am reviewing is the Pearson 28-2 drawn by Bill Shaw and built by Pearson from 1985 to 1989. The Pearson cousins cleared out of ...

5. Sunsail 384
(Boats and Gear/Boat Test)

... to deflect spray when sailing upwind, thus keeping the deck dry. This review will focus on the Sunsail 384, because that’s the boat we sailed. However, the comments and observations also apply to the Leopard ...

6. Sundowner
(Boats and Gear/Perry on Design)

... of Medicine. Dr. Walter has been reading these reviews for years and frequently e-mails me with comments and criticism. He was lecturing in Seattle and decided to cruise on up to the beach for a visit. ...

7. J/105
(Boats and Gear/Used Boat Notebook)

... that you can’t define by numbers. This review will primarily look at the older J/105s, those selling for less than $100,000, and there are plenty of them on the used boat market. It’s not a stretch ...

8. Weta
(Boats and Gear/Boat Test)

... the boat, and the kick-up rudder allows for smooth beach assaults. One problem I encountered was a wrapping of the small staysail when jibing. In the end I determined it was the rookie reviewer driving ...

9. Rustler 24
(Boats and Gear/Boat Test)

... Rustler is a rekindle. As columnist Bob Perry pointed out in a review of the Piper 24 in the February 2001 issue of this magazine, it looks great from any angle, and so does the Rustler. Built in England ...

10. Triak
(Boats and Gear/Perry on Design)

Trimaran Regular readers of my reviews know I like small boats. I think it’s much easier to learn the fine points of sailing if you start in a small boat and preferably an unballasted dinghy. You learn ...

11. Beneteau First 40
(Boats and Gear/Boat Test)

... Cupper in its day, and it still sails brilliantly, but what impressed me the most was the quality of the construction. The boat was in excellent condition. I suspect, many years after this review is long ...

12. Beneteau First 40
(Boats and Gear/Perry on Design)

... I could in this review. The sheer is not really dead flat but I would guess that there is about two and a half inches of spring to the entire sheerline. The freeboard is a bit high but that will help ...

13. Complicated sailing has its virtues, but not $45 million worth
(Columnists/Full and By)

Talk about dodging a bullet. A design review that would have driven a small but highly motivated portion of our readers absolutely nuts almost got into this issue. I’ll take credit for averting what could ...

14. A penny-pincher’s guide to fitting out
(Feature/Features)

... on the list, too. It is also a great time to review insurance coverage. I like to place all these documents in a binder so I check everything quickly and have them ready for inspection by authorities. ...

15. Scoot
(Boats and Gear/Perry on Design)

... of the entire team. Perhaps the most telling comment is from the owner: “Everyone who has seen the boat goes ‘Wow.’” It’s been a while since we had a N/M boat to review but I think the wait has been worth ...

16. Dibley 57
(Boats and Gear/Perry on Design)

  Performance cruiser Kevin Dibley always sends me very nice design packages for my reviews. I appreciate that. It makes my job fun and helps with the accuracy component. This new 57 is intended as ...

17. Bayfield 32
(Boats and Gear/Used Boat Notebook)

... company soldiered on. But hard times in the late 1980s did in many boatbuilders and Bayfield Boat Yard closed its doors in 1990.  First impressions For the purposes of this review we’ll call the Bayfield ...

18. There’s more art than science when testing boats
(Columnists/Notes from a Sailing Life)

Today I am writing a new boat review. I have written a lot of these over the years, more than 100 I think. And although at times I struggle to find the right tone, the right adjectives, I always take the ...

19. Barracuda 48
(Boats and Gear/Perry on Design)

This is our first review of the work of Barracuda Yacht Design, an eight-man group in Madrid headed by Inigo Toledo. The design submitted is a 48-foot “performance cruising yacht.” I think we should get ...

20. September 2009
(Contents by Issue/Table of Contents)

... selling and buying boats without a broker Small Contradictions The rise of U.S. Mini sailing 2009 Sailboat Buyers Guide We review five of our favorite boats from the past two years For Better or Worse ...

21. The Contour 30
(Boats and Gear/Used Boat Notebook)

... Contour 30, and its larger sisterships, the 34 and 50, when I reviewed them as new boats.  The day we sailed the 30 in Florida, we hit 12 knots on a reach with 12 knots of true wind. It was impressive ...

22. Weta
(Boats and Gear/Perry on Design)

... that has some durability to it. I want to drag my boat over the beach and not be obligated to wait for others to come and help me carry it. So, while I review these small boats this month, keep in mind ...

23. Nacira 950
(Boats and Gear/Perry on Design)

It would be nice to have a little catboat or maybe a pink-sterned schooner to review but that’s not where the world of yacht design lives in these weird times. I’ll wager many of you don’t know what a ...

24. Lauderdale: A Canal Level View
(Columnists/Notes from a Sailing Life)

...  So now I am home. Quetzal is in Trinidad, and I am on deadline to finish a boat review for the above-mentioned editor. But I am sitting at my computer and not writing a word. I am doing what I usually ...

25. The Summer of 94 Daysails
(Feature/Features)

... other noteworthy happening. At season’s end I was reviewing miles traveled and found it was 1,120 nautical miles, which is in line with the miles traveled in each of the previous two years. Those miles ...

26. Akilaria Class 40
(Boats and Gear/Perry on Design)

... electronics package and a carbon boom. We have already discussed the why of chines in the Antrim review. The Lombard design also has chines aft but I see no indication of a forward chine below the DWL. ...

27. Hylas 44
(Boats and Gear/Used Boat Notebook)

... downwind and when pounding sailing upwind. I was taken aback and asked him where he found this information. Online, he told me, mostly in forums because there were not many owner reviews available.   ...

28. Antrim Class 40
(Boats and Gear/Perry on Design)

Racer Now we are going to have some fun. I have two boats to review, both designed to conform to the Class 40 box rule. Remember, a “box rule” is a design rule that establishes maximum and minimum dimensions ...

29. Jeanneau Sun Fast 3200
(Boats and Gear/Boat Test)

... in analytical terms in stern-faced reviews but let’s face it, dreams and the stuff they’re made of are as important to the sailboat industry as the development of new designs and technologies. With this ...

30. BC 27
(Boats and Gear/Perry on Design)

This is our very first review of a Brian Jones design. Brian is a 45-year-old Annapolis sailor who has dreamed of being a yacht designer since junior high. He is self-taught and has no college degree. ...

31. Lyman-Morse 54
(Boats and Gear/Perry on Design)

Bluewater cruiser Here is another beautiful custom cruising boat from Chuck Paine’s office. It hurts to tell you this, but this boat will be the last Chuck Paine design I will review. Chuck has closed ...

32. Newport 28
(Boats and Gear/Used Boat Notebook)

... boats: It’s virtually indestructible.” Countless fiberglass boats have stood up to 30 to 40 years of use and abuse and are still sailing with no end in sight. I suspect we’ll be reviewing fiberglass boats ...

33. Cabo Rico 38
(Boats and Gear/Used Boat Notebook)

... is in used boats and prices range dramatically, from an asking price of $84,000 for a 1978 model to nearly $200,000 for a more recent edition. First impressions In a 1993 review, SAILING’s Chris Caswell ...

34. 40 Years of Used Boats
(Boats and Gear/Used Boat Notebook)

... the dink and row around the harbor. I tell my crew that it’s my professional responsibility. After all, I write boat reviews for a living. But they know it has nothing to do with writing, it’s all about ...

35. Catalina 27
(Boats and Gear/Used Boat Notebook)

... in my reviews because they make it difficult to access the hull and have structural limitations. However, for boats less than 30 feet, they make production sense provided that they are well bonded to the ...

36. Santana 22
(Boats and Gear/Used Boat Notebook)

... keel shape and sailplan so they can compete in one-design racing against the first generation 22s, but they also feature updated hardware, materials and cosmetic changes. We’ll review only the older boats, ...

37. O’Day 37
(Boats and Gear/Used Boat Notebook)

... reviews on a variety of Web sites produced a few common problems, most of which were confirmed by discussions with Schrader. Most owners complained that the original hatches and especially the plastic ...

38. Catalina 42
(Boats and Gear/Used Boat Notebook)

... work is nicely executed. What to look for Unlike other boats we often review, the Catalina 42 is relatively new. The oldest model afloat is just 18 years old. That’s an interesting statement, and a ...

39. C&C 35
(Boats and Gear/Used Boat Notebook)

... old reviews of the 35. Writers in the early 1970s considered the 10,500-pound 35 MK I to be almost radically light. Bulkheads are securely glassed in place as is most of the interior infrastructure. ...

40. LS-10
(Boats and Gear/Boat Test)

The updated version of this 1970s one-design is more than a simple retread I should come clean before even beginning this review. I’ve always had a thing for the S&S-designed Tartan Ten. As a ...

41. Classic 30
(Boats and Gear/Boat Test)

... that we live in a “me too” world. The “bloated tennis shoe” look, as my pal Tom calls it, is everywhere. It’s a pleasure to review a design by a designer and yard that have said, “We’ll do it our way.” ...

42. Blue Pearl 114
(Boats and Gear/Perry on Design)

... project could not have been possible without the help from my old friend Ivan Erdevicki. Ivan and I met years ago when I first reviewed one of his designs while he was still living in Montenegro. Ivan ...

43. Let’s add Nick Scandone to sailing’s lexicon, not Cobb
(Columnists/On the Wind)

... is yet to come. According to the US Sailing Review Board findings, after the two boats crossed the finish, Cobb rammed the teenager’s boat and then proceeded to start punching the kid. Talk about having ...

44. Moody 45DS
(Boats and Gear/Perry on Design)

You are probably either going to like this boat immediately, or not. I do like it. It’s called a Moody but it’s built by Hanse and design credit is given to Bill Dixon, the Hanse design team and Design ...

45. SeaCart 30
(Boats and Gear/Perry on Design)

... that is a first for these reviews. This is really a clear indication of the stability gained in those amas with that beam. Of course you are going to have to be diligent with sail reduction if you want ...

46. Sail Trim 101
(How To/Technique)

A number of controls are at hand for getting sails flying right A review of sail trim is among the most frequently requested topics by sailors in our sailing classes and offshore passages. They understand ...

47. Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 45 DS
(Boats and Gear/Boat Test)

Racy, stylish, quick and nimble—what more could you ask for? The new Sun Odyssey 45 DS from Jeanneau fills the gap between the 42 DS, introduced in 2005, and the popular 49 DS (soon to be replaced by ...

48. Baba 30
(Boats and Gear/Used Boat Notebook)

A bluewater beauty that was built to last The Baba 30 is a small but serious cruising boat. And it certainly looks the part with a shapely canoe stern, springy sheerline and proud bowsprit. The Baba ...

49. New Boat: Finngulf 43
(Boats and Gear/Launchings)

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 ...

50. Epitaph for a productive life: He always found time for sailing
(Columnists/Full and By)

... the life of Bill Buckley, that hasn’t happened. Buckley was surely one of the most productive human beings ever to grace this mortal coil. He wrote 50 books; founded the biweekly magazine National Review ...

51. NorseBoat 12.5
(Boats and Gear/Perry on Design)

Sail-rowing cruiser I’m not sure rowing and sailing and cruising and camping is everyone’s cup of tea, but if it did appeal to you, the Pacific Northwest would be the perfect place to do it. I love to ...

52. Perry on Design
(Category)

Reviews and articles on boat design by Bob Perry in SAILING Magazine.  ...

53. Used Boat Notebook
(Category)

Reviews of older boats with tips for prospective buyers, from SAILING Magazine. ...

54. Boat Test
(Category)

Boat reviews from SAILING Magazine. ...