2025 Boat of the Year: Best Midsize Cruiser
Once the standard for bluewater sailing, midsize boats are making a comeback this year with three strong contenders.
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Once the standard for bluewater sailing, midsize boats are making a comeback this year with three strong contenders.
The Jeanneau Yachts 55 sails off on a different tack. It isn’t like other monohulls, and that’s the whole point.
Designing and building big cruising boats is a pursuit that continues to evolve, both technically and creatively. Nowhere was this reality on better display than with the trio of yachts that comprise the Full-Size Cruiser class for 2024.
The monohull that marries cat-style living with the sailing performance of a single-hull.
Jeanneau has long enjoyed a strong reputation for building boats that sail exceedingly well. With the Jeanneau 55, Cruising World‘s 2024 Best Overall Boat of the Year, the French boatbuilder has changed the game once again.
In this cool collaboration between Philippe Briand Yacht Design, Winch Design and Jeanneau, the Jeanneau Yachts 55—a 2024 Boat of the Year contender—sought inspiration from catamarans for space optimization.
Rig, keel and layout options make the Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 380 a versatile and peppy cruiser.
In a building breeze, the Hallberg-Rassy 340’s overall performance and good looks made it a winning design.
An uncompromised, ready-for-anywhere global thoroughbred, the CNB 66 is a reasoned, refined “yacht” in every good sense of the word.
Once the standard for bluewater sailing, midsize boats are making a comeback this year with three strong contenders.
The Jeanneau Yachts 55 sails off on a different tack. It isn’t like other monohulls, and that’s the whole point.
Designing and building big cruising boats is a pursuit that continues to evolve, both technically and creatively. Nowhere was this reality on better display than with the trio of yachts that comprise the Full-Size Cruiser class for 2024.
The monohull that marries cat-style living with the sailing performance of a single-hull.
Jeanneau has long enjoyed a strong reputation for building boats that sail exceedingly well. With the Jeanneau 55, Cruising World‘s 2024 Best Overall Boat of the Year, the French boatbuilder has changed the game once again.
In this cool collaboration between Philippe Briand Yacht Design, Winch Design and Jeanneau, the Jeanneau Yachts 55—a 2024 Boat of the Year contender—sought inspiration from catamarans for space optimization.
Rig, keel and layout options make the Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 380 a versatile and peppy cruiser.
In a building breeze, the Hallberg-Rassy 340’s overall performance and good looks made it a winning design.
An uncompromised, ready-for-anywhere global thoroughbred, the CNB 66 is a reasoned, refined “yacht” in every good sense of the word.
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