Beneteau 40.7 Used Boat Review
The Beneteau 40.7 is a versatile boat that will satisfy club racers and cruisers with a penchant for speed. She's spacious and nicely finished. Longer-term cruisers may have to convert one stateroom to stowage.Priced at $154,900, fob East Coast port of entry, the boat's list of standard equipment includes a suit of sails, ProFurl furler, and Volvo engine. Spinnaker gear, racing sails, and a complete electronic package will add $10,000-$30,000 to the purchase price.The Beneteau 40.7 incorporates a number of clever and sensible design features that we like, such as the plumbing manifold and removable cockpit seat modules.
Catalina 42 Mk I and Mk II
One of the most successful large boats ever built, the Catalina 42 offers good looks, comfortable accommodations, and decent sailing ability at a low price.
Beneteau First 42s7 Used Boat Review
The 42s7 is a boat that will flee before a storm, claw off a lee shore, and provide crew comfort above and belowdecks.
Beneteau Oceanis 41 Used Boat Review
Beneteau’s new Oceanis 41 features a unique hull shape and a new cruising perspective, with a design that focuses on style, comfort, and ease of operation. After sailing the boat, Practical Sailor editors walked away impressed with the wide-body sloop. French naval architects Finot-Conq skillfully distributed the boat’s volume, placed the rig and foils exactly where they belong and revised the deck layout. A chine-like edge— affectionately known as the “kink”—interrupts the smooth curve of the topsides. Other new features on the Oceanis 41 include a transformable transom-swim platform and convertible cabin furniture.
Dufour 44 Used Boat Review
Fast passages and Franco-Italian flair
Maine Cat 41 Used Boat Review
Eighteen knots? Maybe not, but theres plenty to like about this cat.
Hinckley 49 Used Boat Review
A proven builder of boats for others, Henry Hinckley envisioned the Hinckley 49 as a comfortable cruiser for his own family. He saw the H49 as more motorsailer than racing sailboat. The big, beamy (for the era), shoal-draft centerboard ketch is a capable cruiser, at home in Maines cooler waters or while meandering the near-tropical conditions of the Bahamas. And for those so inclined, the H49 also lives up to the demands of around-the-world voyaging. Most of the center-cockpit 49s were rigged as ketches, but later retrofits of most included switch-overs to furling sails and power winches, which make sail handling even easier.
Hallberg-Rassy 42 Used Boat Review
A top-quality production boat, proven as an offshore passagemaker - with a few bits and pieces that cause concern.
Cal 2-46: A Venerable Lapworth Design Brought Up to Date
What kind of blue-water cruising sailboat should you consider when your thoughts turn offshore? We posed that question to Practical Sailor readers, and Puget...
Do You Really Need a Bigger Boat?
Questions arise at cruising seminars and it’s always encouraging when attendees provide the answers. In one such case, a young couple asked how much...