New yachts

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.

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

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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: ...

The Jeanneau Sun Fast 3300 is the brain child of Guillaume Verdier and Daniel Andrieu, whose collaboration guarantees high performance and success under a variety of rating rules. Taking advantage of