Sailboats

Sailing World BOTY 2013 Dufour Performance 36

Dufour 36 Performance

Best Crossover Photos by Walter Cooper For an owner seeking a sharp-looking raceboat to take off on for the weekend, the Dufour 36 Performance, selected as the Boat of the Year’s Best Crossover, has everything to make that a reality: The cockpit is set up for racing, and even with an aluminum rig package, the boat was lively and quick. The interior, and even some of the more subtle cruising details, are so well thought out that you quickly forget you’re sailing a dual-purpose boat. Ther

Sailing World BOTY 2013 C&C 101

C&C 101

Boat of the Year Nominee Photos by Walter Cooper The C&C 101 is billed as a return to C&C’s racing roots, and for this they tapped young in-house designer Tom McNeill. Teased by dying winds and a shortened test sail, the judges sailed the boat on two separate days so as to give it a fair test. Short-tacking up the shoreline of the Naval Academy, the boat accelerated quickly out of the tacks, and was responsive on the helm to subtle course changes, characteristics the judges liked. The b

Sailing World BOTY 2013 Bavaria B/One

Bavaria B/One

Boat of the Year Nominee Photos by Walter Cooper During dock inspections of the Bavaria Yachts-built B/One, the Boat of the Year judging panel was impressed with the superb quality of the build from Bavaria Yachts: tight, clean, and absolutely barren inside the boat. Inside is a white-painted cavern that can accept a drop in V-berth module. The layout is straight-forward—really, how else can you make a 20-foot sportboat any different with the control lines? The B/One shares many similar

Sailrocket

All Hail Paul Larsen and Sailrocket2

Tim Zimmermann admires Paul Larsen’s Shackleton-like determination in his 10-year quest for the outright speed sailing record, an achievement Larsen realized this November.

SpeedDream

SpeedDream 27: An Assemblage of Ideas

The SpeedDream 27 takes all the go-fast accoutrements of modern yacht design and blends them into one radical concept. Tech Review from our November/December 2012 issue.

Collective Spirit

London’s Collective Spirit

A community project built and based in Emsworth, England, for the London Cultural Olympiad, the Collective Spirit is a 30-foot encapsulation of over 1,200 donated family heirlooms and parts of U.K. history.

Sailing World BOTY 2013 Dufour Performance 36

Dufour 36 Performance

Best Crossover Photos by Walter Cooper For an owner seeking a sharp-looking raceboat to take off on for the weekend, the Dufour 36 Performance, selected as the Boat of the Year’s Best Crossover, has everything to make that a reality: The cockpit is set up for racing, and even with an aluminum rig package, the boat was lively and quick. The interior, and even some of the more subtle cruising details, are so well thought out that you quickly forget you’re sailing a dual-purpose boat. Ther

Sailing World BOTY 2013 C&C 101

C&C 101

Boat of the Year Nominee Photos by Walter Cooper The C&C 101 is billed as a return to C&C’s racing roots, and for this they tapped young in-house designer Tom McNeill. Teased by dying winds and a shortened test sail, the judges sailed the boat on two separate days so as to give it a fair test. Short-tacking up the shoreline of the Naval Academy, the boat accelerated quickly out of the tacks, and was responsive on the helm to subtle course changes, characteristics the judges liked. The b

Sailing World BOTY 2013 Bavaria B/One

Bavaria B/One

Boat of the Year Nominee Photos by Walter Cooper During dock inspections of the Bavaria Yachts-built B/One, the Boat of the Year judging panel was impressed with the superb quality of the build from Bavaria Yachts: tight, clean, and absolutely barren inside the boat. Inside is a white-painted cavern that can accept a drop in V-berth module. The layout is straight-forward—really, how else can you make a 20-foot sportboat any different with the control lines? The B/One shares many similar

Sailrocket

All Hail Paul Larsen and Sailrocket2

Tim Zimmermann admires Paul Larsen’s Shackleton-like determination in his 10-year quest for the outright speed sailing record, an achievement Larsen realized this November.

SpeedDream

SpeedDream 27: An Assemblage of Ideas

The SpeedDream 27 takes all the go-fast accoutrements of modern yacht design and blends them into one radical concept. Tech Review from our November/December 2012 issue.

Collective Spirit

London’s Collective Spirit

A community project built and based in Emsworth, England, for the London Cultural Olympiad, the Collective Spirit is a 30-foot encapsulation of over 1,200 donated family heirlooms and parts of U.K. history.

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