This article was originally published in the October 2026 issue.

Changes are coming for The Ocean Race—or for the shore team organizing the race at least. They have announced a new partnership with the city of Porto, Portugal, where they will be building new ...

I generally prefer to test a boat in too much wind rather than too little wind. It’s easier to get a sense of where the boat really shines when it’s pushed a bit. In the case of the 1160XL, there was ...

How do you top a design that reigned for nearly a decade and launched 500 hulls? That was Beneteau’s quandary as they contemplated building a successor to the Oceanis 51.1 that initially splashed in ...

It’s been a long time coming, but 2027 is truly the year of the cat. For the first time ever, new catamaran debuts out number new monohulls by nearly two to one, with an incredible 11 of them up for ...