Small Boat Review
Whether you are looking for your first boat or down-sizing from a larger cruising boat, there are plenty of pocket cruising boats out there that span the spectrum from traditional to the ultra-modern....
View ArticleBoat Show Preview: New Cruising Monohulls
As we were putting together our annual Blue Water Sailing Preview of New Monohulls for 2016, it struck us just how new and different many of the new cruising boats are that will be presented to the...
View ArticleBeneteau to Debut the Oceanis 41.1 at the Miami Boat Show
Beneteau America announces the launch of the all-new Oceanis 41.1 at the upcoming Strictly Sail Miami boat show in February. Brighter, sleeker and customizable, the latest addition to the Oceanis...
View ArticleBeneteau Oceanis Yacht 62
Beneteau announces the Americas premiere of the new Oceanis Yacht 62 at the United States Sailboat Show in Annapolis, October 6-10, 2016. The first model of the Oceanis Yacht range stems from a...
View ArticleBeneteau Oceanis Yacht 62
Zuzana Prochazka spends time aboard hull number one of this new flagship. It’s not often that I get the scoop on a new design, much less one that is built across the Atlantic where European builders...
View ArticleBénéteau Unveils the New Figaro 3, a “Standard” Boat With Foils
This Figaro Bénéteau 3 was developed jointly by the Bénéteau Group, with the Class Figaro, OC Sport, the organizer of the Solitaire URGO- Le Figaro and Le Figaro group. Penned by naval architects Van...
View ArticleGo Small, Go Far, Go Now
Published as BWS’s annual guide to great monohulls for coastal cruising, weekending and daysailing in June/July 2016. BWS has always been published for sailors who sail over the ocean’s horizon as they...
View ArticleBuilding a la Francaise
Boats have changed and the process of building them has even more so. Beneteau, the world’s largest production boat builder, shares some secrets to developing lighter boats with greater fuel...
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