Category: Boats

The Amerigo Vespucci and the USS Independence

Two naval vessels

The aircraft carrier USS Independence sails alongside the Italian Navy ship, the Amerigo Vespucci in the Mediterranean in 1962. The carrier was decommissioned in 1998, while the tallship is still used as a training ship, with...

boreal47-Nuva-19

Imagine taking a monohull up to a beach

Running aground is something most most monohull sailors avoid at all cost. It’s a different matter for captains of shallow draft, aluminum hull boats like the Boreal Yachts. The French-made boats have twin shoal draft keels,...

The new Hallberg-Rassy 400

The Hallberg-Rassy 400

One of our favorite new boats is the Hallberg-Rassy 400, an aft cockpit boat with modern functionality and traditional aesthetics. It features a large cockpit with twin helms and a open transom with swim platform. The...

The new J/45

A new 45 ft. offshore yacht from J Boats

Introducing an exciting, new 45’ offshore sailing yacht that may change all of your sailing plans. Leading-edge hull design meets refined interior design to raise the bar on cruising comfort and performance like no J before...

Jeff Bezos’ new 417-foot yacht

Jeff Bezos’ 417 ft. yacht hits the open ocean

Jeff Bezos’ new 417-foot yacht has hit the open ocean after a politically fraught journey from the shipyard that built it. Named The Koru is now the largest sailing yacht in the world. See full article...

The ClubSwan 50

The ClubSwan 50

Nautor’s Swan has always offered high performance racing yachts to complement its classic range of cruising Swans, yachts such as the 39 and the 441 in Racing version. The yard uses its new ClubSwan models to...

X4⁹E is the first X-Yacht built as a hybrid-powered yacht

X-Yachts jumps into the electric propulsion trend

A new range of electric powered sailboats is a natural step for X-Yachts in order to support a greener future. Based on our path of 42 years of innovative yachts and heritage, combined with Danish green...

A new 49 ft. electric sailing yacht from X-Yachts

A new 49 ft. electric sailing yacht from X-Yachts

”We didn’t want to be first movers on this area, but preferred to wait until technology and knowledge had matured properly”, says Kræn Nielsen, CEO of X-Yachts’. ”And I’m really happy to say that the time...

ClubSwan 50

Nautor’s Swan ClubSwan 50

If price is no object, the Nautor’s Swan ClubSwan 50 could be your for as little as $1.4 Million (used price in YachtWorld). Thee sleek  one-design racer won Sailing World’s Best One-Design in 2017, and is...