Sailboat Reviews

Santa Cruz 27

Like the French Impressionists of the 19th century who changed the way the world looked at art, beginning in the 1970s a handful of...

Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 32

Following its founding in 1956 by Henri Jeanneau, and subsequent sale and resales, Chantiers Jeanneau SA became, in 1995, a member of the Beneteau...

Freedom 30

The Freedom 30 grew out of something called the "Freedom Philosophy." Getting its start somewhat significantly in the Bicentennial Year of 1976, this philosophy...

Offshore Log: IMX 45 Boat Review

The new IMX 45 is the Jeppesen brothers' largest IMS racing boat, but it makes a surprisingly comfortable performance cruiser with the wave of...

Corsair 36

Twenty years ago, when Corsair Marine first entered the U.S. market with the F-27 trimaran (which PS reviewed in September, 1990), "family" multihulls were...

Express 27

Those who sail ultra-light displacement boats have had a natural mantra ever since Bill Lee coined it years ago: "Fast is Fun." Like most...

C&C 99

Following a major financial and organizational restructuring precipitated by the boatbuilding downturn in the 1980s, a revitalized Fairport Yachts, Ltd. recently became the first...

Gemini 105Mc

Tony Smith's most recent design is the third iteration of a 34-foot catamaran that his company, Performance Cruising, Inc., of Annapolis, first introduced to...

Cal 35

When you create a boat that's universally celebrated as "the most successful production raceboat ever," what do you do for an encore? In 1966...

Seaward 25

Nick Hake graduated from the Milwaukee School of Engineering in 1974, then pulled up stakes and left the cold Great Lakes winters for sunny...

How To Buy Sails – With Joe Cooper

Looking to learn how to buy sails for your sailboat? Deciding between Dacron sails or laminate sails? Thinking about how to buy carbon fibre...