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Editor’s Note

The Class of 2021 • If there was ever any doubt as to the growing importance of multihulls, both in terms of market share and their role in pushing the envelope of yacht design, the following list of boats should put such doubts to rest once and for all. Not that there aren’t also plenty of innovative new monohulls out there. One thing that clearly hasn’t changed is the way the boatbuilders and naval architects of the world never seem to run out of fresh ideas.

Beneteau 53 • The very model of a sweet modern daysailer

Jeanneau SF 3300 • A perfect boat for those with dreams of both fully-crewed and shorthanded racing

Excess 12 • Rethinking the catamaran experience

Dufour 390 • A spacious modern cruiser with versatile accommodations

X Yachts 4.0 • Yet another winning design from the now 40-year-old Danish builder

Fountaine Pajot elba 45 • An all-new design that occupies a real sweet spot in terms of different sailing styles

Bavaria C45 • Fun meets safety in this new performance cruiser from Germany

Lagoon 46 • Expectations soar for a new model that replaces a successful predecessor

X-Yachts X4.6 • A sweet-sailing performance cruiser with get up and go

Neel 47 • Feels like a monohull, with the space of a cat—must be a trimaran!

Amel 50 • A new take on passagemaking from a veteran bluewater builder

Seawind 1600 • You can’t not like this performance catamaran

Hinckley 53 • An elegant new variation on a proven performance hull

Catana 53 • An unusually fair set of tradeoffs

Catalina 545 • A smart cruiser that breaks new ground for the storied American builder

Bali 5.4 • The biggest of the Bali line is all about comfort

Beneteau 53 • A swanky, speedy and seductive racer-cruiser

Hylas 60 • An offshore cruiser greater than the sum of its parts

Comparing Design Ratios • You can learn a lot about a boat from its published ratios

GOING, GOING… • How stable is your boat?

BoatsListing • It’s a tough question, but a fun one!

Alpha ProxQuisite

Corsair

Seawind

Dufour

Fountaine Pajot

Hudson Marine

Hanse-Dehler

Hanse-Hanse

Moorings-Leopard

Neel Trimarans

Rodgers

Rodgers YS-X-Yachts

Gear Listings • It’s amazing what you can accomplish with just sails, cordage and a few well-made bits of marine hardware

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