Headings: Designers’ Conference
For Smith's owners, comfort is a key ingredient. Though a catamaran might appear to be two hulls connected by a bridgedeck that houses living...
X-40
A small blip on the radar screen of the U.S. sailing community, X-Yachts of Denmark celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2004 by totally revamping...
Headings: Future Fixture or Fancy Fad?
Reverse VangThe gooseneck on most Open Class boats is situated either right at deck level or in some cases mounted on the deck itself-rarely...
Centurion 40S
Wauquiez, the French boatbuilding firm, has existed on the fringes of the American sailing community for two decades, but throughout the majority of that...
A Legend Looks to the Future
by John RousmaniereAmid the ongoing euphoria about can'ting keels, carbon fiber construction, super-tech electronic instruments, and other developments, it seems appropriate to take a...
J/133
We like a turn of speed now and again. And we like it even better if that celerity is delivered in a controllable, comfortable...
Multi Mania
As of late, I've been considering the various joys and certain pitfalls that lie in my future, now having purchased a new...
Etap 37s
Unlike the bastions of this industry that were founded by sailors interested in manufacturing boats, Etap, the parent company of Etap Yatching, was formed...
Life on the Edge—State of the Art Boatbuilding
by Nick NicholsonMost of us have boats built of fiberglass, laid up in female molds as part of a production boatbuilding process. We have...
Life on the EdgeState of the Art Boatbuilding
by Nick NicholsonMost of us have boats built of fiberglass, laid up in female molds as part of a production boatbuilding process. We have...
HOW TO BUY A CHEAP SAILBOAT – $20,000 or less!
Buying a sailboat on a budget of $20,000 is easy! Today we’re looking at a Pearson 31, a Hunter 31, a Bristol 29.9, and...
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Jack Jensen formed one of the country’s most successful fiberglass boatbuilding companies in 1959—Jensen Marine—when it introduced the Lapworth 24 centerboarder. Not long after,...