Rapid evolution

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.

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

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?

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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

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