Posts from the ‘Sail’ Category
for Superior Performance, Handling & Seakindliness. Designer Rod Johnstone – Performance Cruising Parameters Owner Interview – Creating the Ultimate Live-Aboard Owner Feedback – If it Blows 66mph, You’ll Be Glad Your on a J/42 Carib 1500 – Best Performing Cruiser Under 78 Feet Carib 1500 II – Great Lakes Owner Takes 3rd Coastal Cruising Magazine [...]
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Two New J Designs at Newport & Annapolis Making their USA boatshow debuts are the 31’ J/95 – a sporty, keel-centerboarder that daysails eight, sleeps four and draws only 3′; and the J/97 – the first modern J under 35 feet combining 6’ cruising headroom with a high-performance design (winner of Black Fleet at Cowes [...]
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Beneteau is pleased to reveal the latest member of its new generation of sailing yachts. Designed by Finot-Conq, the Beneteau 34 is the perfect boat for the sailing couple or smaller family. Seaworthy and elegant, the 34 features a well-balanced hull with stretched, stylish lines for a high level of performance on the water. Intended [...]
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Beneteau is pleased to reveal the latest member of its new generation of sailing yachts. Designed by Finot-Conq, the Beneteau 34 is the perfect boat for the sailing couple or smaller family. Seaworthy and elegant, the 34 features a well-balanced hull with stretched, stylish lines for a high level of performance on the water. Intended [...]
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C&C Yachts Notes: by: Stanton Murray I have fond memories of racing our C&C family boats (24’-40’+) in the 1970’s as well as commissioning many C&C’s at the family boat dealership. While certainly a fan of C&C, outlined below is a short list of compromises associated with the designs. Positive aspects: Well designed and engineered, [...]
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This Rocketship Wins With Straight Firsts! After a solid showing in the Around the Island Race winning her division there, too, JENGA simply continues to demonstrate its capabilities as a good all-around performer in all types of conditions, light to heavy to choppy to flat against any and all comers in their IRC classifications. Learn [...]
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My favorite design reviewer is Bob Perry. His reviews are available in large format “books” and I highly recommend reading them. Some excerpts from his review of the Beneteau 42 Center Cockpit: “French-built cruiser with a distinctly American look… an interesting design from Group Finot…interesting that this design is not especially “Euro” in its styling. In fact, [...]
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As part of Rod’s “J/95 tour” he had the opportunity to have J/95 North Sails consultant Ron LaNeve sail aboard and provide some personal viewpoints on the meaning of this breakthrough design from J/Boats. Here’s Ron’s commentary- ” I have come away with the feeling that the boat is really made for areas like this [...]
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November 2008 By John Kretschmer Boats and Gear The Irwin 52 was a trend-setting boat. It was a deck-saloon cruiser before there were deck-saloon cruisers. What’s more, the Irwin 52, with more than 250 hulls launched, may be the most popular big boat, 50-foot-plus, ever built. These beamy ketch-rigged cruisers offered no apologies for their [...]
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Join the J/80 Class in 2010 for an incredible East Coast tour of events – starting in Key West, Florida, then working up the coast and culminating with the J/80 World Championship in Newport, Rhode Island. If you can’t do them all, partner up with a buddy to share the program and enjoy great sailing, [...]
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