
2025 Boat of the Year: The Runner Ups
This year’s Boat of the Year testing showcased innovation, versatility and performance across every corner of the sailing spectrum. Here’s 2025’s runner-ups.
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This year’s Boat of the Year testing showcased innovation, versatility and performance across every corner of the sailing spectrum. Here’s 2025’s runner-ups.

For turning corners with the twilight fleet and turning heads on the harbor cruise, there’s the Saffier 24 Lite.

One up, two up, this foiler worked perfectly. Simple design, high quality build and no snorkel required.

This luxury do-it-all trimaran takes short-handed multihull sailing to a better place.

Melges adds a triple-hander to their lineup for the high-performance sailing family.

With its ClubSwan 28, Nautor Swan crams a bunch of grand-prix sophistication into a pint-sized sportboat.

Paul Bieker’s unique designs speak to the sailors of the Pacific Northwest, so when they gather, there’s much to preach.

Curious about catamaran sailing but don’t know where to start? Here are four starter boats that’ll have you purring.