J/40 review: Pinnacle of evolution
An evolution of J/Boats’ well-proven concepts, the J/40 is an appealing yacht with more space and pace than the J/122E, yet a significantly lower price than the J/45Stand-out designs are often the...
View ArticleNautitech 48 Open review: No-compromise performance cruiser
The Nautitech 48 Open is a cruising catamaran offering better handling, more speed and safer passage-making... without the complications of daggerboards!Yacht design continues to advance quickly, as...
View ArticleCroatia is a yacht charter destination that is chock-full of surprises
Toby Hodges and family find plenty of surprises as they charter a new Sunsail model from the famed old Croatian city of DubrovnIkWhy charter? To have a deserved break afloat; to sail somewhere...
View ArticleIce 66RS Review: Slippery, Premium, Performance Cruiser
Ice has literally raised the roof with the Ice 66RS, thanks to an encouraging pairing of Farr and Italian design. Toby Hodges reportsFinding the right mix of geographical influences can sometimes...
View ArticleThe Best Specialist Yachts 2025: Impressive Daysailers and Sportsboats
Toby Hodges takes a look at all the nominees and the winner of the specialist yachts category in the European Yacht of the Year AwardsWhat do you do when you have yachts that are as diverse as...
View ArticleBest Luxury Yacht 2025: The Ultimate Luxury Cruisers
Toby Hodges takes a look at all the nominees and the winner of the best luxury yacht category in the European Yacht of the Year Awards 2025The definition of the best luxury yacht will differ according...
View ArticleBest catamaran and multihull: The very best yachts on two and three hulls
Toby Hodges takes a look at all the nominees and the winner of the best catamaran and multihull category in the much-anticipated European Yacht of the Year AwardsThere are many categories in the...
View ArticleBest performance yacht 2025: Our pick of the top options
Toby Hodges takes a look at all the nominees and the winner of the performance yacht category in the European Yacht of the Year AwardsThe European Yacht of the Year awards is the most thorough and...
View ArticleBest family yacht: The best yachts for sailing with the family
Toby Hodges takes a look at all the nominees and the winner of the best family yacht category in the European Yacht of the Year AwardsThere are many categories in the European Yacht of the Year awards,...
View ArticleWallywind 110 review: ‘I’ve never ticked off stretches of coastline so...
Wallywind 110 is the ‘best ever’ according to the brand’s founder – And from on board you realise why he would say such a thing. Toby Hodges sails Galma off BarcelonaThere are very few times I feel the...
View ArticleX-Yachts XR 41 first look: A return to racing yachts
The XR41 marks X-Yachts return to the racing sector, which was historically a strong market for the Danish yard Fourteen of X-Yachts’ first all-new racer for more than a decade, the XR 41, have been...
View ArticleSouthern Wind 100X first look: Performance and comfort combined
The newly announced Southern Wind 100X will launched later this year and aims for the perfect balance between comfort and performanceBoiling down the experience of building almost 40 yachts around...
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