New Boat & Gear Review 2021

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EDITOR ADAM CORT MANAGING EDITOR LYDIA MULLAN WEB EDITOR EMME HURLEY CRUISING EDITOR CHARLES J. DOANE ART DIRECTOR STEVE JYLKKA PUBLISHER BOB BAUER bbauer@aimmedia.com MARKETING DIRECTOR SARAH WEBSTER EUROPEAN ADVERTISING DIRECTOR ELENA PATRIARCA +39
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Jeanneau SF 3300
Though best known for its cruising boats, Jeanneau has long kept a hand in competitive racing with its Sun Fast line. The newest of these French-built speedsters is the Sun Fast 3300, which takes the place of the long-lived 3200. A collaboration betw
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The Class of 2021
Ever since joining forces with catamaran builder Fountaine-Pajot, Dufour has been on a roll, bringing out a number of new designs in quick succession. Among these is the Dufour 530, which made its debut this past winter at Germany’s Düsseldorf boat s
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Editor’s Note
Among the many fascinating things about sailing is the way it combines cutting-edge technology with a means of propulsion as old as history itself. Think of a typical sailboat rig. On the one hand you have sails, a technology with roots reaching back
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Beneteau 53
The concept of “daysailer” has grown ever broader over the years. These days the label can be pasted on a boat as small and simple as a Sunfish, as fancy as a 40-footer with a nice big cockpit and plenty of brightwork, or any number of concoctions in
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Excess 12
Groupe Beneteau, builder of Lagoon catamarans, has introduced a new multihull line called Excess. The first of the boats to reach U.S. shores at the Annapolis boat show this past fall was the Excess 12, a 38ft 6in design based on the popular Lagoon 4
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Dufour 390
The boatbuilding scene in La Rochelle, France, was significantly transformed in 2018 when the town’s largest catamaran builder, Fountaine Pajot, acquired the town’s largest monohull builder, Dufour Yachts. Soon afterward a revised design brief for Du
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X Yachts 4.0
There’s something especially fun about sailing a boat on the home waters of the company that built it. And when you’re sailing the latest performance-cruiser from X-Yachts, the X40, on the “Little Belt,” just down the road from the company’s squeaky-
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Fountaine Pajot elba 45
With new catamaran brands springing up like mushrooms, France’s Fountaine-Pajot is something of an oak tree in the market, with a story that goes back to its founding in 1976. It is also one of the largest cat builders out there, sending some 600 boa
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Bavaria C45
Truth be told, I borrowed the “fun meets safety” line directly from the Bavaria Yachts marketing team, but in my defense, they kind of nailed it with this short description. Although it may sound like generic promotional hyperbole, much thought went
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Lagoon 46
When developing its new 46-footer, Lagoon had a few issues to contend with. First and foremost, the immense popularity of its recently introduced ground-breaking 50 set high expectations for the smaller, similar design. The question, therefore, becam
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X-Yachts X4.6
The Danish builder X-Yachts does not simply stick taller or shorter rigs and keels on the same hulls to create boats for both cruisers and racers, as some mass-production builders do. Nor is it content to build two distinct lines of cruisers and race
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Seawind 1600
Seawind Catamarans introduced its 52ft 1600 model in Europe last year, where the boat promptly started winning awards. The more jaded among us may look askance at such things, especially when it comes to a bluewater-rated catamaran billed as a provid
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Neel 47
When first introduced nearly a decade ago, Neel trimarans seemed little more than an oddity, an intriguing variation in an ever-burgeoning menu of cruising multihulls. Since then these unique, fixed-ama tris, with their immense solid bridgedecks remi
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Amel 50
It is possible to cross an ocean in almost anything that will float and move forward, just as you could cross the United States on anything with wheels. But to voyage safely, swiftly and comfortably calls for much more than just the minimum. That’s w
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Hinckley 53
The history of sailing is replete with examples of boats being repurposed after their initial launch—think of the famed yacht America also doing service as a blockade runner in the Civil War. Rarely, though, has an updated design done half so well as
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Catana 53
Aboat is a set of tradeoffs, and a perfect boat doesn’t exist. That said, if you’re searching for a proven bluewater multihull that can be sailed shorthanded, has all the comforts of a luxury home and is wicked fast without beating up your wallet, yo
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Catalina 545
Catalina has long been the largest All-American family cruiser company, building what sailors might call “standard” boats. Moving up from the popular 30ft to 45ft sizes puts the company into “yacht” territory, and the new Catalina 545, winner of the
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Bali 5.4
In the few years since the Bali brand appeared as an offshoot of the Catana line of catamarans, it has grown rapidly. The original models are popular bareboat charter vessels in the Caribbean and the Mediterranean, and the new Bali 5.4, the largest o
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Beneteau 53
Luxury performance-cruising isn’t entirely new. You can go fast and still be comfortable. You can even race if you make the right tradeoffs—or so says Groupe Beneteau, which recently launched its First Yacht 53, in the process also reinventing the co
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Hylas 60
Often referenced and sometimes misquoted, the idea of a finished product being more than just the sum of its parts was first introduced nearly 2,400 years ago by Aristotle. The poor guy likely had no idea how his thinking would be applied centuries d
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Alpha ProxQuisite
WWW.XQUISITEYACHTS.COM • +1 (707) 370 5264 Xquisite Yachts has teamed up with the South African builder, Phoenix Marine Manufacturing to develop and build a new line of luxury sailing and power catamarans. As a boutique boatyard the company limits it
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Comparing Design Ratios
When buying a boat, consider how its ratios compare with those of similar boats in its category. The displacement-length ratio (D/L) is a nondimensional expression of how heavy a boat is in relation to its waterline length. A D/L is calculated by div
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Going, Going…
The question new sailors often ask when they first experience a sailboat heeling is, “What stops it from going all the way over?” to which the usual answer is something like: “That big lump of lead underneath us.” Stability is at the very root of sai
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BoatsListing
Do you have a favorite boat? It’s a question any number of people have asked me over the years. I suppose it’s one I’ve also implicitly asked myself as I’ve contemplated various possible dreamboats. As a kid, I remember there was a brief period when
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Seawind
WWW.SEAWINDCATS.COM With more than 37 years of experience, Seawind Catamarans are Australia’s No.1 performance cruising catamarans, producing some of the world’s best multihulls that are sailed all over the world. The Australian designed Seawind 1160
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Corsair
WWW.DUFOUR-YACHTS.COM • +33 (0) 546 30 07 60 Founded in 1964 by a young engineer, Michel Dufour, the shipyard has gone on to become one of the biggest in the world. Italian design combined with French savoir-faire creates boats with incredible looks,
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Hudson Marine
WWW.HHCATAMARANS.COM • 864-324-7825 Hudson Yacht Group’s premium line of semi-custom, carbon 50-88 foot models offer both performance and luxury. Committed to excellence at every turn, Hudson Yacht Group recently introduced the HH Ocean series, combi
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Dufour
WWW.CORSAIRMARINE.COM Corsair Marine has a rich 37-year history as the world leader in high quality multihull manufacturing. With more than 2500 trimarans launched, Corsair Marine continues to expand the range and add design innovations to its models
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Fountaine Pajot
WWW.FOUNTAINE-PAJOT.COM • + 33(0) 546 35 70 40 Fountaine Pajot is the cruising catamaran worldwide reference shipyard and we have been professional Yacht designers and boat builders since 1976. Our team comprises passionate sailors, and our aim has a
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Hanse-Dehler
WWW.HANSEYACHTS.COM • 978-239-6568 DEHLER YACHTS ARE FULL OF IDEAS-Dehler strengthens the bottom GRP structure with precisely positioned carbon fiber. The result: the Dehler Carbon Cage, which boosts the stiffness of the bottom by 25% and the mast ba
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Hanse-Hanse
The HanseYachts Group headquartered in Greifswald is the second largest yacht dockyard for modern sailing and motor yachts. According to customer requested requirements, Yachts of the five world-famous brands Hanse, Dehler, Moody, Privilege and Varia
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Moorings-Leopard
LEOPARDCATAMARANS.COM • 877-795-4389 Built in South Africa by boat builders Robertson & Caine, Leopard Catamarans sets the standard for performance, comfort, style and innovation. These values are at the core of the design. Boasting generous equipmen
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Rodgers YS-X-Yachts
The all new X4D will be the smallest model in the pure X range; blending quality, performance and styling with cruising capability. Hot out of the X-Yachts Design Office comes the X4?, a forty-foot performance cruising yacht that is just as capable f
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Neel Trimarans
NEEL-TRIMARANS.COM NNEEL-TRIMARANS, of La Rochelle, France, designs and builds trimarans, offering a new and unique concept for multihull cruising. Combining the best of the monohull world with the best of the catamaran world, NEEL-TRIMARANS Tri’s ha
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Rodgers
X-YACHTSUSA.COM • 860-536-7776 In 1979, one of today’s most successful and quality orientated production yards was established in Denmark. During the 1980’s, X-Yachts designed and built winning IOR yachts for World Class Racing. Our success with this
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Gear Listings
SAIL’s Cruising Editor, Charles J. Doane, and I have a bit of a running joke going. Over the years sailing back from Bermuda and up and down the Eastern Seaboard, we’ve anchored a few times off Cuttyhunk Island. I have yet to actually see the place,
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Boat Services Listings
Masthead Enterprises/Ullman Sails St. Pete - 727-327-5361, www.mastheadsailinggear.com Anchor Financial Services - 800-776-0616, www.anchorboatloans.com Boat/U.S. - 703-461-4666; http://www.boatus.com Essex Credit - 866-377-3948; www.essexcredit.com
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Sailmakers & Sail Brokers
Doyle Bermuda - 441-297-1008 www.oceansails.com Doyle British Columbia - 250-468-9178 www.doylesails.com Lee Sails Canada West (BC) - 800-533-9567 www.leesails.ca Sobstad Canada West - 604 983-9866 www.elvstromsobstad.com Doyle San Francisco - 510-52
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Sail parts & Rigging Hardware, Deck & Morring Gear
Atkins & Hoyle Ltd. - 416-596-1818 www.atkinshoyle.com Beckson Marine - - 203-333-1412 http://www.beckson.com HMG/Hi-Tide Manufacturing Group - 407-933-2029 www.gotohmg.com Hood Yacht Systems (Pompanette) - 813-885-2182 www.pompanette.com Hung-Bridge
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Signaling & Emergency Gear
Survival Technologies Group - 609-587-3300 www.switlik.com/stg Watershed - 800-811-8607; www.drybags.com Perko - 305-621-7525; www.perko.com Scanmix - 207-782-1885; www.safeshower.com Annin & Co. - 973-228-9400; www.annin.com Commodore Uniform & Naut
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Engines, Plumbing, Galley, Heat/AC, Lighting & Electrical
American Air (AC Power Plus) - 855-825-0694 www.acpowerplus.com Arctic Marine Air - 800-230-5464 www.arcticmarineair.com Avidan Inc. - 305-528-1240 www.avi-air.com Coastal Climate Control - 301-352-5738 www.coastalclimatecontrol.com Dometic Marine -
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Electronics & Navigation
DigitalYacht LTD - + 44 (0) 117 955 4474 www.digitalyacht.co.uk Garmin International - 913-397-8200 http://www.garmin.com GME/Whiffletech - 207-647-3300 http://www.whiffletech.com Nobeltec - 503-579-1414; www.nobeltec.com Raymarine - 1-603-324-7900 h
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Apparel
Adidas Sailing - +49 (0)4131 298950 terrathree.com Dubarry of Ireland (USA) - 866-658-3569 www.dubarry.us K-Swiss - 800-938-8000; www.kswiss.com Rockport Company - 800-828-0545 www.rockport.com Russell Moccasin - 920-361-2252 www.russellmoccasin.com
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Chartering, Education, Information & Mail Order
Mariners Learning System - 866-732-2278 www.marinerslearningsystem.com MedAire - 480-333-3700; www.medaire.com Starpath School of Navigation - 800-955-8328 www.starpath.com IFBSO Secretariat - www.ifbso.com Metal Boat Society - 425-485-2100 http://me
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Building, Finishes, Maintenance & Boat Handling
3M Marine - 888-364-3577 www.3m.com Supergrit/Red Hill Corporation - 800-822-4003 www.supergrit.com Bonded Logic - 480-812-9114 www.bondedlogic.com Centek Industries - 299-228-7653 www.centekindustries.com Current, Inc. - 877-436-6542 www.silentcoati

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