Dufour 41 sailboat

Nominee Spotlight: Dufour 41

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.

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Dufour 41 sailboat

Nominee Spotlight: Dufour 41

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.

BOTY 2023

Boat of the Year 2023

It’s not every year that every nominee in our yearly BOTY competition gets tested in superb conditions. Chesapeake Bay can be a fickle test bed in mid-October, particularly on flat-calm mornings, when it takes some time for the capricious sea breeze to fill in. Truthfully, sometimes it never does. But not this year.

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Smoother Sailing with Imtra

Our editors have teamed up with the experts at Imtra to bring you advice on how to maintain and improve your boat’s systems so that you can get the most from your hours spent out on the water.

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Lahaina Harbor

An Ode to Lahaina

We hadn’t dropped the chute in 2,000 miles since leaving Tahiti. The closer Maui inched, the more we felt invincible. Landfall does that. After days at sea, every south sea island is an intoxicating rebirth of the senses, a virginal stirring of the heart. Lahaina was all of that.

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Lahaina Harbor

An Ode to Lahaina

We hadn’t dropped the chute in 2,000 miles since leaving Tahiti. The closer Maui inched, the more we felt invincible. Landfall does that. After days at sea, every south sea island is an intoxicating rebirth of the senses, a virginal stirring of the heart. Lahaina was all of that.