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Cruising World’s Boat Review: Beneteau Oceanis 48
December 10th, 2012 | News, Sail, Seatrials & design reviews | Michael James | No Comments
SEPTEMBER 21, 2012 Boat Review: Beneteau Oceanis 48 This handsome full-size yacht boasts an expansive cockpit and wide open interior. Boat Reviewfrom our August 2012 issue. by Herb McCormick Billy Black The Beneteau Oceanis 48’s mainsheet arch also anchors the dodger and bimini. Biscayne Bay was flat and glassy, with nary a zephyr rippling the waters, [...]
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Cruising World’s 2013 Boat of the Year: Beneteau Sense 55
December 7th, 2012 | News, Sail, Seatrials & design reviews | Michael James | No Comments
The French-built Beneteau Sense 55 was named Import Boat of the Year as well as Best Full-Size Cruiser Over 50 Feet. “This is a huge 55-footer that will be a tremendous boat for living aboard. The layout was particularly impressive, with an expansive cockpit, generous saloon, and truly innovative accommodations,” said McCormick.
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SAIL Magazine’s Best Boat Winners of 2013 (Beneteau Sense 55 & J/Boats J/70)
November 20th, 2012 | News, Sail, Seatrials & design reviews | Michael James | No Comments
2013 Best Boat Winners There were many impressive nominees this year, and our judges had no easy task. In the end, a retro trimaran, a carbon-fiber racer and an ocean-capable lifting-keel cruiser are all among this year’s winners. Click on the photos to read our experts’ boat reviews. Flagship Monohull 51ft & over / Performance 30ft [...]
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Sense 55 voted “Best New Boat 2013″ by SAIL Magazine
November 20th, 2012 | Sail, Seatrials & design reviews | Michael James | No Comments
Beneteau Sense 55 By Adam Cort • Posted: May 22, 2012 With their compact cockpits, full keels and narrow hulls, the cruising boats of old are like a lone watch-stander, bundled up in foul weather gear, head bowed, arms folded, tucked in under a dodger for shelter. By comparison, the Beneteau Sense 55 is a sunbather stretched [...]
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BoatTest.com Video Review of the Beneteau Swift Trawler 50
November 13th, 2012 | News, Power, Seatrials & design reviews | Michael James | No Comments
. Click the picture or click: http://www.boattest.com/Partners/Partner-Main.aspx?lp_id=3211533&t=BOAT-TEST&Videoid=2773&p=0&s&a=off#Test-Result to view the review Our Beneteau ST 50 Web Page
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Beneteau Oceanis 45 Review: SEA America’s Western Boating Magazine
November 5th, 2012 | News, Sail, Seatrials & design reviews | Michael James | No Comments
Beneteau Oceanis 45 Posted: November 1, 2012 A trick transom is ready for its close-up By: Zuzana Prochazka I first saw the Beneteau Oceanis 45 sailboat at a boat show, where crowds were lining up to see the nearly full-width transom drop down electrically and form a swim platform, thereby adding almost 3 feet to [...]
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Beneteau Sense 55: A High Degree of Transparency (Boats.com)
November 1st, 2012 | News, Sail, Seatrials & design reviews | Michael James | No Comments
The Sense 55 takes Beneteau’s unusual owner-focused design into the luxury segment. Looks, price, and functionality are hitting the right notes. By Michael Good, YACHT magazine In the port of La Ciotat on the Cote d’Azur, a stiff breeze whistles through the rigging. Even big and heavy yachts are heeling under bare poles. When the mistral hits [...]
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SailWorld.com Yacht Feature: The Beneteau Sense 55
October 11th, 2012 | News, Sail, Seatrials & design reviews | Michael James | No Comments
Newly introduced yachts are getting larger and larger. Once a yacht over 50ft was considered bigger than the average. Now, it’s just the norm among newly introduced models. The latest to join the ‘bigger is better’ club is Beneteau, with another of its ‘Sense’ Range, the Sense 55, in production for little more than a [...]
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Boats.com VIDEO Review of the Barracuda 9
October 1st, 2012 | News, Power, Seatrials & design reviews | Michael James | No Comments
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Press Release: New Beneteau Oceanis 55
September 25th, 2012 | Sail, Seatrials & design reviews | Michael James | No Comments
Oceanis 55: A new lifestyle at sea SAINT HILAIRE DE RIEZ, 07 SEPTEMBER 2012. “The words that come to mind when I talk about the Oceanis 55 are sophistication and suitability! We strived to make a cruising yacht with clean modern lines, using contemporary design codes, favoring an extremely comfortable interior where there is an [...]
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