How do you top a design that reigned for nearly a decade and launched 500 hulls? That was Beneteau’s quandary as they contemplated building a successor to the Oceanis 51.1 that initially splashed in ...

Designed and built with expedition sailing in mind, the Allures 51.9 is a powerful platform for shorthanded sailing exploration. Read the review here. The 2026 National Boating Safety Awards recognize ...

The new Hunter 22 is directly derived from its predecessor, the Hunter 216, which was built out of thermoformed Luran-S plastic. The 22 retains the 216’s hull, which features a large cockpit and open ...

Soon after I bought my aluminum cutter Lunacy it became apparent I needed to remove the heavy 20-year accumulation of hard antifouling paint from her hull. After I brought the boat from Florida to ...

Perhaps not as well known on the yachting circuit as Rolex, Panerai, the Italian watchmaker, is hot on the sponsorship heels of its Swiss counterpart. The finale of the 2007 Panerai Classic Yachts ...

A cruising family sailing from French Polynesia to Hawaii has recovered the University of Washington’s Seaglider, an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) that had malfunctioned while on a mission in ...

The Jeanneau Sun Odyssey line is in its eighth generation, which is to say that the new Sun Odyssey 350 represents the eighth time this 34-footer has been reimagined. And this time around, the ...

Just six years after Maiden captivated the sailing world by becoming the first all-female team to compete in the Whitbread Round the World Race, team Mighty Mary was assembled to do the same in the ...

Every year, sailboat manufacturers around the world launch their latest models, and every year, SAIL magazine’s experienced boat reviewers spend days and weeks learning what’s new, talking with ...

Not only is Bavaria Yachtbau one of the world’s largest boatbuilders, it has got to be one of the hardest working. When it came time to begin work on what would become its new Vision line, the company ...

After battling the foul currents and light night winds throughout Nantucket Sound, we finally scooted through Pollock Rip Channel and found ourselves about 10 miles east of Cape Cod. Alison and I were ...

Ater months of testing, walkthroughs, reviews, and deliberations, we’re proud to announce the Top 10 Class of 2026. These boats fall across a spectrum of LOAs, numbers of hulls, and price points, and ...