SAIL Best Boats Award (Annapolis, MD)- The J/111 met with tremendous enthusiasm from not only sailors attending the show, but from the professional sailing media as well. From the SAIL…
The goal—a comfortable, speedy crossover—is the same, but Beneteau has taken its First Series in an entirely different direction. A boat review from our September 2010 issue by Dave Reed…
By Peter Hebert (about the author) opednews.com The 51st United States Sailboat Show held between October 7 and 11, 2010 in Annapolis, Maryland pulled about 50,000 visitors from around the…
Wayne Burdick (right) receives the Sail Industry Leadership Award from Josh Adams, publisher of Sail magazine. Wayne Burdick, president of Beneteau USA, was awarded the Sail Industry Leadership Award Oct.…
Recently UK-Halsey Sailmaker‘s Charles ‘Butch’ Ulmer set out to test sail the latest J Boat, the 36ft J-111. Here’s his experience: From an appearance point of view, two things jumped…
Annapolis, Md. – Cruising World and Sailing World magazines announced today at the U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis, Md., their nominees for the 2011 Boat of the Year awards. The…
While hundreds looked on under gorgeous Indian summer skies at the United States Sailboat Show, Beneteau demonstrated its revolutionary Dock & Go joystick maneuvering system aboard a brand new…
First 30 | trial sailBy Peter Gustafsson | Published: October 4, 2010 Last Friday was a big part of our crew out there and tried the new First 30th Normally…
By Don Finkle, RCR Yachts: We started out with an inspection of the F35, which was on the hard, rig up. There aren’t any sails for this hull yet so…
The new J/111 is a 36-foot one-design racer, with basic overnight or weekend accommodations for cruising and offshore racing. Great looking boat, and has been a great success in the…