Sailboat Reviews

This Bob Perry design is a strong amalgam of shapes and functions, all serving real cruising needs.

A company as powerful as Jeanneau can build a big production boat of a quality comparable to custom boats costing much more. The Sun Odyssey 43 fits this description.

Com-Pac Yachts is a Florida builder with a particularly interesting history. The company was formed back in 1957 by W. L. "Hutch" Hutchins, Sr., an entrepreneurial tool-and-die maker who operated a metal-stamping and fabrication shop in St. Louis.

This late '70s coastal cruiser is somewhat plain but structurally sturdy.

There are some good ways to look for used boats on the Internet, but where, we ask you, are you going to find a chart as clear and simple as ours?

This recent update of this extraordinarily popular 18-year-old Catalina 36 MK II design is a good all-around boat. Owners’ main complaint is with interior woodwork.

Boat brokers and surveyors are an honest lot. Even so, it’s a big investment. Protect yourself.

There are more details involved in boatbuying than your local banker probably knows about.

Do-it-yourself techniques for making an accurate estimate of a used boat’s value.

It helps if you're not some sort of swivel-necked Lothario, panting after every transom that glides by. It helps if you have a calm,...