2025 Boat of the Year: Best Full-Size Cruiser 40 to 45 Feet
Versatile and performance-driven, this year’s 40- to 45-foot cruisers impressed with plush amenities and club-racing potential.
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Versatile and performance-driven, this year’s 40- to 45-foot cruisers impressed with plush amenities and club-racing potential.
In form, style and execution, the bold and colorfyl Umberto Felci-designed Dufour 41 is in a distinct class of its own.
This sailboat introduces new features while integrating elements from Dufour’s 470 and 530.
Cruising World’s Boat of the Year judges test-sailed the Umberto Felci-designed Dufour 41 this past October in Annapolis, Maryland, and came away with several fresh impressions from this storied builder.
2024 Boat of the Year nominee Dufour 41 introduces a fresh perspective on outdoor living with a trendy new design that’s comfortable, fast and responsive to sail.
Combining comfort with performance for pure harmony while sailing
The stylish and quick Grand Soleil 44 caught the judges’ eyes at first glance. Then they went sailing, and the racer/cruiser from Italy was named a winner.
An uncompromised, ready-for-anywhere global thoroughbred, the CNB 66 is a reasoned, refined “yacht” in every good sense of the word.
A peppy coastal cruiser with offshore capability and unique shoreside entertainment amenities, the Dufour 460 Grand Large aims to offer the best of two worlds.
Designed by longtime Dufour collaborator Umberto Felci, the Italian naval architect, the 460 GL is the seventh boat in the Grand Large line. Like her
Debuting at the Cannes Yachting Festival in September is the newest addition to the Dufour fleet, the 460.
Living large starts at 50: These are all the Big Boy boats, with all the attendant space, systems, amenities and sailing prowess that come with that rarified territory. Meet the nominees in Cruising World‘s 2015 Boat of the Year competition for the category Full-Size Cruisers Over 50 Feet.
Versatile and performance-driven, this year’s 40- to 45-foot cruisers impressed with plush amenities and club-racing potential.
In form, style and execution, the bold and colorfyl Umberto Felci-designed Dufour 41 is in a distinct class of its own.
This sailboat introduces new features while integrating elements from Dufour’s 470 and 530.
Cruising World’s Boat of the Year judges test-sailed the Umberto Felci-designed Dufour 41 this past October in Annapolis, Maryland, and came away with several fresh impressions from this storied builder.
2024 Boat of the Year nominee Dufour 41 introduces a fresh perspective on outdoor living with a trendy new design that’s comfortable, fast and responsive to sail.
Combining comfort with performance for pure harmony while sailing
The stylish and quick Grand Soleil 44 caught the judges’ eyes at first glance. Then they went sailing, and the racer/cruiser from Italy was named a winner.
An uncompromised, ready-for-anywhere global thoroughbred, the CNB 66 is a reasoned, refined “yacht” in every good sense of the word.
A peppy coastal cruiser with offshore capability and unique shoreside entertainment amenities, the Dufour 460 Grand Large aims to offer the best of two worlds.
Designed by longtime Dufour collaborator Umberto Felci, the Italian naval architect, the 460 GL is the seventh boat in the Grand Large line. Like her
Debuting at the Cannes Yachting Festival in September is the newest addition to the Dufour fleet, the 460.
Living large starts at 50: These are all the Big Boy boats, with all the attendant space, systems, amenities and sailing prowess that come with that rarified territory. Meet the nominees in Cruising World‘s 2015 Boat of the Year competition for the category Full-Size Cruisers Over 50 Feet.
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