Electric dream

Many years back as a young journalist I was invited to a press conference at a hotel complex where the smooth-talking owner presented an exciting plan to build a series of ‘Eco Pods’ on the land behin

Back in the 1970s multihull saillors were generally a pretty esoteric lot. It didn’t help that Donald Crowhurst ushered in the new decade with his tragic exploits in his Teignmouth Electron trimaran.

X-Yachts have taken a bold move to replace their cruising range and move to a semi deck saloon design, but has the gamble paid off? Theo Stocker finds out

THESE FOUNTAINE PA J OT 41 AND 44 SISTERSHIPS SHARE DNA AND DESIGN INTENT, SO W H AT DOES AN EXTRA 3FT IN LENGTH DELIVER? AND HOW MUCH BETTER ARE THEY THAN EARLIER MODELS?

Rupert Holmes looks at one of the most desirable cruising yachts of the Sadler era, as well as some alternative boats

LOA: 47ft 2in (14.36m) BEAM: 23ft 3in (7.10m) ENGINES: ...