best cruising yachts

5. Boston Whaler 405 Conquest. Boston Whaler is one of the most famous American boat builders beloved by families across the country for generations, with a reputation for selling unsinkable boats. The 405 conquest is the builder’s modern family cruiser, great for “week-ending”.

Dufour 37. The Dufour 37 may be shorter than the old 360, but Dufour was reluctant to brand this 37 as smaller because its modern, broadened hull shape has resulted in an enlarged deck space ...

This year’s SAIL Top 10 Best Boats represent a wide range of sailing styles and desires, from traditional heavy displacement bluewater monohulls to high-performance, carbon-ated cruising multihulls, from tweaky, techy racer/cruisers to designs that are deliberately calibrated for simpler sailing. In many, light air performance was notable and ...

Outremer 52. Taking cues from its award-winning big sister the Outremer 55, the new VPLP-designed Outremer 52 has been optimized for performance and long-distance bluewater sailing. On its best day during a transatlantic passage, our test boat (hull No. 4) logged 254 miles with a top speed of 21.3 knots.

Hallberg-Rassy 42F: $346,000 for a 2001 model. Oyster 56: $725,00 for a 1999 model. Have you ever wondered what brands and models are the most popular bluewater cruising boats? So have we, so we plundered the archives of the World Cruising Club to see which boats have featured most prominently in the last five years of the rallies that the WCC ...

Picking out a great vessel is imperative to enjoying a great sailing experience. We have selected the creme de la creme of sailboats suitable for a range of budgets and needs. Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 380. Beneteau First 44. Fountaine Pajot Isla 40. Hylas 57. Leopard 42.

Best luxury yacht winner – Oyster 495. It is hard to imagine that the decor of a yacht can change its look and feel quite this much, yet the layout of this second 495, Eddie Jordan’s dramatic ...

The Contest 67 CS was the first up on the docket, which the BOTY team examined and then sailed on a windy Chesapeake Bay afternoon on the concluding afternoon of 2022’s U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis, Maryland. Underway aboard the Contest 67CS, guests and those actually sailing the boat have their own cockpits.

Tide 25. The Tide 25, built by MFH in north Germany – began its life as a Dehler SQ25, but the mould was sold off when that company hit hard times. Plumb bows and stern with a long hull chine, bevelled deck edge and twin rudders put her on trend, and maximise performance under sail and accommodation on board.

Winner best performance yachts 2023 – Beneteau First 36. Where once we could assume a cruiser-racer was a fairly standard format design, over the last decade it’s been much more the sexy ...