Best Multihull: HH 66
The HH66 sailed away from the competition, clocking high speeds and high comfort to take the title of Best Multihull and 2018 Boat of the Year.
From an impressive roundup of the latest and greatest innovations in sailing, we found four designs that sailed away from the competition.
Twenty knots of wind will make any good boat fun to sail, but to fully appreciate it, a taste of light air is required. When a boat is right, you can feel it, hear it and see the performance. It was with this understanding that our judges dived into our annual Boat of the Year sailing trials. Sailmaker Chuck Allen, naval architect Greg Stewart and boatbuilder Tom Rich powered their way through 10 new race boats over five days in Annapolis, Maryland, delving into the boats on land and drilling builders for details. Two hours (or more) on the water with each entry fueled long nightly discussions. The winners had to deliver on three basic criteria: design purpose, quality and performance. Four boats produced on all three counts, with one ultimately sailing away with the overall title.
The HH66 sailed away from the competition, clocking high speeds and high comfort to take the title of Best Multihull and 2018 Boat of the Year.
Gary Jobson was pretty spot on with his prognostications for the sport 25 years ago. He takes another crack on where he thinks the sport is headed.
College sailing big-boat squads put their keelboat skills on display in Chicago for the first of three fall Intercollegiate Offshore Regattas.
The U.S. SailGP Team claimed their second event victory of the 2026 Season in Valencia– keeping their Grand Final fight alive as they moved up to third on the overall championship standings.
Tom Slingsby beat Giles Scott, Diego Botín and Peter Burling in a Final decided by meters. Nearly 15,000 fans attended across the event, which included a new speed record and back-to-back wins by Germany Deutsche Bank.
Judges: Tom Rich, Greg Stewart & Chuck Allen
Highfield RIBs, the official RIB of *Sailing World*’s Boat of the Year
Walter Cooper for photography
