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January’s huge Festival of Sails, the southern hemisphere’s largest keelboat regatta, is where McConaghy Boats’ latest one design class will launch. The first two MC31 hulls built are about to b

A very happy owner has just taken delivery of the Prestige 500S at Sandringham Yacht Club this week. A casual cruise down the coast from Sydney preceeded the handover. She is powered by twin Volvo die

We are very happy to announce that World Champion sailor Mark Bulka, has just joined 38 South Boat Sales where he will be managing new Jeanneau and used yacht sales along the Mornington Peninsula i

The French builder’s new flagship is much more than just a scaled-up version of its smaller boats. Jeanneau’s production maestro Erik Stromberg spent years plotting the creation of this boat with

In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve been going wicked fast on foiling boats lately. Like ridiculously,smile-inducing, and, at times, butt-clenchingly fast. But this is all a pretty new thing. I’m

Annapolis is a great place for a boat show. I mean the town is uber historic, and charming, and quaint…but…after many, many years as a boat tester and judge for both SAIL and Cruising World magazi

After touring the factory, seeing hull number 1 under construction, and writing the preview story that appeared in Sail magazine last year, I have to admit to being kinda sweet on the new Jeanneau 64.

Andrew Winch grew up sailing on the south coast of England. He started sailing in dinghies and then progressed up to boats ranging in size from 23ft to 50ft. After school, he studied 3D design and beg

Philippe Briand was born into a sailing family. His father was an Olympic sailor and Philippe was 9 when he started racing dinghies in La Rochelle, France. He designed his first sailboat at 16, he was

In my role as sailing scribe and boat tester,  I’ve seen tons of computer generated renderings of the latest and greatest designs from the world’s boat builders. And these slick, artistic, detail

The short answer is…adrenline-pumpingly-awesome. And I’ve been lucky enough to sail on some pretty darn fast multihulls this year. So, needless to say, I’ve acquired a bit of a speed addictionÂ

Over the course of the year, Jeanneau has been renewing the entire line of Jeanneau Yachts for a fresh new look.  More resolutely contemporary, the line is enhancing its appeal and gaining in coher