Reviews
	Cracked And Close Reaching – Sweet Spot On The Oceanis 46 DO WE always strive for bigger? Is it always better? When we tested Beneteau’s new Oceanis 46 up alongside the big sister 50, it was hard not to draw the conclusion that, given the... Read Review
	A Grand Surprise… Racing editor Andi Robertson runs the rule over the latest OD all rounder to reach the UK. Rhu Marina was the venue… SO WE have bought the big boats 15 years ago and lost a pile in resale... Read Review
	GRAND BANKS EVOLVES ITS HERITAGE EVERYONE who sails will not only have heard of a Grand Banks, they could probably pick out its unique lines from a line up of all other motor yachts. Yet the ultimate design in luxury trawler... Read Review
	ANYONE FOR T? Beneteau’s new First 34.7 opts for a T shaped keel. Andi Robertson finds it to be a cruiser with racing in its blood, which may spark a new One Design class. FOLLOWING in the successful... Read Review
	PRAGMATIC PERFORMER Andi Robertson finds the Beneteau Oceanis immensely desirable, with a pragmatic streak THE OCEANIS 50 sits somewhere near the head of that growing genre of go-anywhere blue water cruisers... Read Review
	ENHANSED PERFORMANCE IN CLYDE ZEPHYRS OF THE emerging production cruiser brands it is arguably Hanse who are making waves. With a growing reputation for no nonsense, no frills value for money production boats their philosophies are... Read Review
	BAVARIAN BARGAIN HUNT Andi Robertson tests the new Bavaria 33 and 37. They may not offer breathtaking sailing, but do give exceptional value… NO DOUBT to the chagrin of other European volume yacht... Read Review
	Premium Performance And The Price Is Right WE MAKE no bones about revisiting the Beneteau Oceanis 50, which we briefly sailed in light wind last year in Valencia. With the first new 50 arriving in Scotland recently, when we visited... Read Review
	Merry By Name, Merry By Design…. IT’S HYERES and the annual Jeanneau media press test which provided a good opportunity to become acquainted with their Merry Fisher range of power craft. While they are almost certainly an... Read Review
	Vive La Motor Yacht Difference! HYERES, France and Jeanneau’s annual international press test week gave us the chance to catch up with three of Jeanneau’s key craft in their five boat range of Prestige sports cruisers, writes... Read Review
	Jeanneau Va Voom Jeanneau’s Sun Odyssey 42i Performance will eat up the miles quickly, says YL racing editor Andi Robertson. FACED with stock production cruising boats, time and again we have drawn the... Read Review
	Return Of The Trailer Sailer? It has always been an niche market that cyclically rises and falls in popularity. Arguably trailer sailing hit its heyday with the Drascombes when literally ‘running ashore for a picnic’ had an... Read Review
	Elan 340 – Star Of The Show? A BORN cynic when it comes to those annual boat ‘Oscars’, I was more than a little interested to find out if the Elan 340 matched her 2007 nomination at European Boat of the Year, writes YL racing... Read Review
	Delphia: Ideal Racer Trainer IT IS NEVER going to be easy to break into the UK sportboat market that is presently dominated by the Laser SB3 and which sees the J80 strong and the likes of the Hunter 707, the 1720 and the... Read Review
	Jeanneau’s 42 – Optimum Deck Saloon Cruiser AS A concept, the Jeanneau Sun Odyssey Deck Saloon range needs little introduction. From the 54DS still a personal favourite – right down through the range to the 39 footer, it is a series which... Read Review
	Océanis Revisited Beneteau took a good look at the basics when designing the new Oceanis 37. The result is a sociable, solid performing cruising yacht, says Andi Robertson SOMETIMES it is necessary to... Read Review
	Rising Star Racing editor Andi Robertson sails Archambault’s A40RC, an off the shelf refined regatta performer. In the right hands, it’s a potent weapon… ARCHAMBAULT Yachts’ Joubert Nivelt designed... Read Review
	Foiling Ready To Take Off? Are Foilers just for the Gods of sailing? Alan Henderson went to Datchet Water where Datchet Watersports Centre has just become the first place in Britain to offer lessons in sailing on foils to... Read Review