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Island Packet

Garcia Exploration 45 Sailboat

2015 Full-Size Cruisers Under 50 Feet

Go anywhere in 50 feet or less: Meet the Full-Size Cruiser Under 50 Feet category nominees in Cruising World‘s 2015 Boat of the Year competition. All the judges in our independent panel agreed that they’d be more than happy to take any yacht in this quartet on an extended cruise, but top honors went to the Garcia Exploration 45.

IP40 at anchor

Island Packet 40

Roomy, comfortable and robust, the Island Packet 40 takes the world in stride.

Blue Jacket 40

Blue Jacket 40

“This is the wonderful combination of a really nice cruising-boat design with a really good, solid build,” said Boat of the Year judge Tim Murphy of the Blue Jacket 40.

Blue Jacket 40

Designer Tim Jackett teamed up with Island Packet founder and designer Bob Johnson and the result is the Blue Jacket 40, a fin-keeled cruising boat that will appeal to those who appreciate IP’s construction techniques, but who want a little more pep in their sailing. The Blue Jacket 40 is part of Cruising World‘s 2014 New Boat Showcase.

Garcia Exploration 45 Sailboat

2015 Full-Size Cruisers Under 50 Feet

Go anywhere in 50 feet or less: Meet the Full-Size Cruiser Under 50 Feet category nominees in Cruising World‘s 2015 Boat of the Year competition. All the judges in our independent panel agreed that they’d be more than happy to take any yacht in this quartet on an extended cruise, but top honors went to the Garcia Exploration 45.

IP40 at anchor

Island Packet 40

Roomy, comfortable and robust, the Island Packet 40 takes the world in stride.

Blue Jacket 40

Blue Jacket 40

“This is the wonderful combination of a really nice cruising-boat design with a really good, solid build,” said Boat of the Year judge Tim Murphy of the Blue Jacket 40.

Blue Jacket 40

Designer Tim Jackett teamed up with Island Packet founder and designer Bob Johnson and the result is the Blue Jacket 40, a fin-keeled cruising boat that will appeal to those who appreciate IP’s construction techniques, but who want a little more pep in their sailing. The Blue Jacket 40 is part of Cruising World‘s 2014 New Boat Showcase.

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