Sailboat Reviews

Mailport: 12/06

MARINE INSURANCE REDUXI have been reading with much interest your articles about marine insurance this year (April and May 2006). Every year, I look...

Etchells-inspired e33 – A Practical Sailor New Sailboat Review

The boat has an auxiliary (a 14-horsepower Yanmar diesel with folding prop on a sail drive), but we doubt it will see much use....

J/133

We like a turn of speed now and again. And we like it even better if that celerity is delivered in a controllable, comfortable...

Island Trader 37/38

During the late 1970s, when Taiwan-built boats began to appear on the U.S. market in in creasing numbers, few boats better illustrated the Far...

Seaward 26 RK

When Nick Hake, a graduate of the Milwaukee School of Engineering, decided that he'd had enough midwestern winters, he moved to Florida. Despite his...

Used Boat Review: LM32 Pilothouse Sloop

The RigThe rig is a conventional, single-spreader masthead sloop. The chainplates are close to the deckhouse, so the sidedecks are adequately wide, except at...

Express 37 Nails Performance

BelowdecksThough designed to sail fast, Schumacher tried to create accommodations below that would be comfortable for an offshore crew. He engaged a client, M....

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...

Ranger 26

Jack Jensen, founder of Jensen Marine in 1957 and builder of Cal boats, was in the late 60s enjoying success with boats like the...

Practical Sailor Tests Lightweight 10-foot Rigid Inflatable Boats

After reviewing one of Walker Bays 270 Genesis FTD rigid inflatable boat (RIBs) in the December 2007 issue, Practical Sailor tracked down 11 similar...

The Great Loop – The Basics

Join us this week as we discuss taking a sailboat around North America's great boating adventure - The Great Loop. We discuss advice from...
Tartan 30 Boat Review video from Practical Sailor

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