sailing yacht of the year

Best Luxury Yacht. Nominees: Oceanis Yachts 60; Oyster 495; Ice 62 Targa. A spacious production yacht, a premium bluewater cruiser and a highly customised Italian performance cruiser shows the ...

The Melges 15 is Sailing World Magazine's 2022 Boat of the Year. This two-person, 15-foot dinghy is designed for recreational sailing and racing and was selected as Boat of the Year because of ...

Toby Hodges is one of the 12 strong jury who tested each of the 21 shortlisted boats aiming to be crowned best yacht 2024. He gives his verdict on the winners and nominees. In what is dubbed as ...

Sailing World Magazine's 2024 Boat of the Year is the HH44 Sport Cruiser, a high-tech 44-foot sailing catamaran with hybrid engines, solar arrays and more.

For almost 20 years, we've called this awards program SAIL Best Boats, but this year, we're refining and renaming this program to better and more fairly represent the boats we've selected. Restricting boats to categories and labels—such as Best Cruising Monohull 30-40 feet and Best Performance Monohull 40-50 feet—doesn't bring our readers the full picture.

Boat of the Year 2023 Awards. The wind cooperated and sun beamed bright on five performance-sailing craft that impressed Sailing World's team of judges and earned their respective awards.

Wow! The Lyman-Morse LM 46 is a heck of a boat. Purpose-built for an experienced owner, for sure, but in terms of a pure sailing machine, the 46 was the standout boat in this year's lineup of new models." Import Boat of the Year: Hallberg-Rassy 400. As cruising sailors, we've long been enamored with Swedish builder Hallberg-Rassy, and ...

Length: 33.9m Builder: Spirit Yachts Naval architect: Sean McMillan; Spirit Yachts Exterior design: Sean McMillan Interior design: Tom Smith; Spirit Yachts; Rhoades Young Design In previous years, several sailing yachts would have contested this award but, sadly, this year saw the launch of such a small number of "super-sailers" that all were accommodated in a single class.

Saffier Se27 Leisure European Yacht of the Year 2021 winner. The result on the water is telling. "During our sea trials, this new Saffier not only showed its abilities to speed away even in the ...

The World Sailing Boat of the Year award recognises outstanding boat design, innovative concepts and ground breaking technological advancements in sailing.

The winners of the 2023 World Superyacht Awards have now been revealed. From the newly crowned Motor Yacht of the Year to the prestigious Voyager's Award, scroll down to find out which yachts scooped this year's coveted Neptunes... Motor Yacht of the Year - Kenshō. Sailing Yacht of the Year - Alea. Rebuilt Yachts - Marala. Refitted Yachts - Athos.

s 2024 Boat of the Year Competition. Nineteen new sailboats from top boatbuilders around the globe battle for this year's coveted Boat of the Year title. With sweet, early autumn sailing conditions on Chesapeake Bay, a strong fleet of 19 contenders competed for top honors in our annual Boat of the Year ­competition.

The fall boat show season displays the best of new boats and products. Each year we note the evolution as sailing continues to grow, shift and change. In 1980, a 45-footer might have been considered a large boat for two people to handle. These days, builders are bringing to market boats with LOAs of 60ft or more expressly designed for a couple.

Finalists for US Sailing's 2023 Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year award (in alphabetical order by last name): Betsy Alison - Well known to many in the sailing community, Alison is a 5x Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year and multi-discipline World Champion. While Alison spent many years coaching the Para Sailing Team, a major hip surgery due to ...

So this time we first do the sailing and then we assign boats to their respective class. The contestants for the European Yacht of the Year Award 2024 are: Arcona 50 Bavaria C46 Bestevaer 36 Cape Cod 767 Contest Dufour 41 Flaar 24 Hanse 410 HH44 Catamaran Elan Impression 43 Jeanneau Yachts 55 Maxus 35 Neel 52 Oceanis 37.1 Outremer 37.1 Pointer ...

Length: 43.3m Builder: Baltic Yachts Naval architect: Farr Yacht Design Exterior design: Lucio Micheletti Interior design: Lucio Micheletti With just one sailing yacht class in this year's World Superyacht Awards, the only question for the judges to answer was whether the class winner, the 43.3-metre Baltic Canova, was also a worthy winner of the Sailing Yacht of the Year title, an award ...

On Thursday, February 1, 2024, as part of US Sailing's National Sailing Programs Symposium, the best U.S. sailor athletes of 2023 were honored among family, friends, peers, competitors, and contributors to the sport of sailing. Charlie Enright (Barrington, RI) and Christina Wolfe (Orcas, WA) were awarded the 2023 Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year Award and were celebrated along ...

On Thursday, February 1, 2024, as part of US Sailing's National Sailing Programs Symposium, the best U.S. sailor athletes of 2023 were honored among family, friends, peers, competitors, and contributors to the sport of sailing. Charlie Enright (Barrington, RI) and Christina Wolfe (Orcas, WA) were awarded the 2023 Rolex Yachtsman and ...

On Thursday, February 1, 2024, as part of US Sailing's National Sailing Programs Symposium, the best U.S. sailor athletes of 2023 were honored among family, friends, peers, competitors, and contributors to the sport of sailing. Charlie Enright (Barrington, RI) and Christina Wolfe (Orcas, WA) were awarded the 2023 Rolex Yachtsman and ...

2022 Boat of the Year Winner. The remarkably versatile Melges 15, is our 2022 Boat of the Year. No longer shall youth and adult sailors be cast to their individual dinghy classes. This one allows ...

2008 Beneteau 40 Best Midsize Cruiser. 2008 Najad 355 Best Small Cruiser. 2008 Catana 50 Best Cruising Multihull. 2008 Sabre Spirit Judges' Choice Award. 2007 Catalina 309 Domestic BOTY, Best Small Cruiser. 2007 Malo 40 Import BOTY, Best Midsize Cruiser. 2007 Beneteau 49 Best Full-Size Production Cruiser.

Special to USA TODAY. 0:04. 0:55. "This is your yacht, to do with as you please," Captain Rob O'Leary said to guests of the Emerald Sakara, the second luxury superyacht from Emerald Cruises ...

Apr. 5—The Western Reserve Model Yacht Club starts its 16th year of racing in Northeast Ohio on May 4 at SPIRE Academy in Geneva. ... Radio control sailing is a worldwide sport that is identical ...

Riding in a speedboat on the Red Sea, 34-year-old Major League Soccer striker Jozy Altidore is observing his new sailing team as it races a highly technical 50-foot catamaran in the Emirates Dubai ...

Apr 14, 2024, 3:58 AM PDT. Four Seasons says its Four Seasons I yacht cruise will begin sailing in January 2026 with suites that range from $20,000 to $350,000 per voyage. Four Seasons. Four ...

Students in the Washington Yacht Club (WYC) accuse the University of Washington (UW) of working to stop a 75-year history of teaching students to sail. Those students told KOMO News that the UW ...

Sailing World's Boat of the Year judges get into the bilge of the Elan GT6. Dave Reed. At 5 O'clock sharp on Monday, October 18, the pit crews of the U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis, Maryland ...

Entrants to the Solar Class have just confirmed their presence at the 11th Monaco Energy Boat Challenge, with 15 teams and 13 nations set to go head to head in this historic category that has ...

Joe Lewis' superyacht is on the move again after spending most of the past year holed up in a Mediterranean port while the British billionaire faced insider-trading charges in the US.. His 322 ...

2023 Boat of the Year: Beneteau First 36. The judges enjoyed a blistering run down the bay on the Beneteau First 36 and noted responsive steering, good balance and full control in the 20-knot ...