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    Advanced-yachts-A80-test-running-shot-credit-carlo-borlenghi

    Advanced Yachts A80: Lightweight luxury cruiser can sail in the lightest breeze

    • October 24, 2019

    A multitude of shiny new yachts drifted across the Bay of Cannes, like a painting of a seascape reflected in the mid-morning calm. It was early September, the day after…

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    Contest 85CS: This Dutch superyacht is a seriously efficient sailing machine

    • October 17, 2019

    Cruising the world in a large, fast, comfortable yacht is everyone’s dream. Even if your finances allow the dream to become a reality, however, you’re still faced with the practicalities…

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    Kiboko Tres: This 105ft carbon superyacht delivers the full sailing experience

    • October 10, 2019

    Repeatable designs are where the safe money is being spent in sailing superyachts today. While some custom yards are still attracting one-off orders, in recent years it has been designs…

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    Garcia Exploration 52 test: The sailing equivalent of a 4×4 off-roader

    • October 3, 2019

    If you were to take your partner or family to some of the world’s most remote waters, exploring the oceans from the tropics to the polar regions, which yachts would…

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    JPK 45 boat test: A performance cruiser that provides memorable enjoyment

    • September 26, 2019

    This quirky French cruiser has the soul of a race yacht and is full of innovations. Toby Hodges sails the JPK 45

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    Grand Soleil 48P boat test: A yacht you’ll feel privileged to helm

    • September 19, 2019

    Can one new performance design appeal to many tastes? Toby Hodges explores the ideas and multifarious options offered on the new Grand Soleil 48P

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    Kraken 66 test: Could this be the ultimate ocean cruising yacht?

    • September 5, 2019

    What would you want in an ultimate ocean cruising yacht? Here’s Kraken’s answer

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    Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 490 test: A boat that demands to be noticed

    • August 29, 2019

    Pip Hare tests the first Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 490, the eighth generation of its hugely popular cruising range

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    Bente 39 boat test: The German yacht that dares to be different

    • August 22, 2019

    Bente certainly isn’t following the crowd with its new 39, but does maverick style translate into usability?

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    Jeanneau Sun Fast 3300 review: The pocket rocket inspired by foiling IMOCAs

    • August 15, 2019

    Jeanneau’s latest Sun Fast is a whole bundle of fun, as Pip Hare discovered on a full test of the 3300 off La Trinite

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    JPK 1030 test: The intuitive French flier that’s easy for couples to control

    • August 15, 2019

    Pip Hare feels right at home on the JPK 1030 – a quick, no-nonsense boat that’s ideal for short-handers

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    CNB 66 yacht test: Intoxicating cruiser is a cut above the mainstream

    • July 4, 2019

    Congratulations. You’ve finally received that hefty bonus. Or perhaps you cashed in your pension, married wisely, or are a successful gambler or racketeer. However you came across the funds, you…

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    Saffier SE37 Lounge test: A veritable supercar of the seas

    • June 21, 2019

    Looking for a pair of trainers for fashion, road and cross-country running? They don’t exist. Or a bilge keeler that will take to the ground, sleep eight and go to…

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    Swan 65 test: The triumphant return of a true sailing icon

    • June 20, 2019

    If it hadn’t been for the original Swan 65, Nautor’s Swan might never have become the famous name it is today. Sayula II’s victory in the first ever Whitbread Round…

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    Ice 60 review: The chic Italian yacht that offers more than just style

    • June 13, 2019

    Styles come and go. To stand the test of time you need something else, something more than aesthetics, something that stays with you after that initial heady rush begins to…

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    Arcona 435 review: Swedish star offers something for everyone

    • May 30, 2019

    After the Arcona 435 sailed off with the Performance Cruiser category win at this year’s European Yacht of the Year we thought we should look at her in more detail.…

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    Grand Soleil 52LC test: Italian beauty offers stimulating sailing

    • May 17, 2019

    The Grand Soleil 52 Long Cruise Sport (52LC) is wedged, stern-to, in between a grubby ketch and a motorboat. Its long decks are finished in graphite gelcoat, which absorbs the…

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    Dufour 56 Exclusive review: Smooth cruiser offers both style and substance

    • May 16, 2019

    In some respects, Dufour yachts used to be a bit like the early Citroën cars: different, slightly quirky and created by people with firm beliefs and a clear passion for…

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    Amel 50 review: An indoor sailing experience to excite even hardened sailors

    • May 9, 2019

    Amel has a long established following for yachts designed and built to match the needs of liveaboard and bluewater cruisers. It is reputed for its singular way of doing things…

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    J/99 review: All thrills, no frills on board this double-handed racing machine

    • May 3, 2019

    We ghosted down the Hamble River under mainsail alone, the water slipping silently past our red hull in the grainy half-light of a winter morning. We’d hoisted the mainsail in…

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