August 15, 2016
Kirby 30
“it’s a boat whose aggressive looks will intimidate 75 per cent of the market,” says builder Dick Steffan, head of Mi-rage Yachts of Pointe Claire, Quebec.
August 12, 2016
Hunter 49
When I received the invitation to spend a day with Hunter Marine Corporation’s Steve Pettengill–its newest member of the fleet–how could…
August 12, 2016
Hunter 45CC
When I was much younger than I am now, I remember the delivery of a Morgan Out Island 51, not because it was a neat boat but because…
August 12, 2016
Hunter 41
When we see something new, we often try to put into context by comparing it with something we are familiar with. I have sailed a number of boats…
August 12, 2016
Hunter 38
I was attending the Port Credit Boat show recently, quite frankly expecting nothing new and then I got stopped in my tracks, when I saw this elegant…
August 11, 2016
Hunter 33
The newly commissioned Hunter 33 sat on the end of the dock in Port Credit Harbour. Ted Graham, Service Manager for Angus Yachts…
August 10, 2016
Hughes 31
I can clearly remember my first encounter with the Hughes 31. It was 1979 and I was helping my brother choose a hull/deck kit…
August 10, 2016
Hanse 411
When the Canadian Yachting team heard that the Hanse Yacht line was coming to Canada and knowing a bit about the designers background…
August 10, 2016
Hanse 342
Having reviewed and sailed Hanse boats in the past, we’ve decided that this manufacturer has found a niche for itself in designing…
August 10, 2016
Fusion 15
I have been watching the Fusion 15 one-design dinghy evolve for several years now, as it progressed from preliminary drawings…
August 10, 2016
Freestyle 474
Motorcyclists and single-handed catamaran sailors have something in common: a love of speed. “Speed,” wrote Aldous Huxley, “provides the one…
August 9, 2016
A Folkboat on Mahone Bay
It is that boat that most of us know from pictures, we’ve read about it but we haven’t sailed it, at least we hadn’t. During the sixties there was a real…
August 9, 2016
New Life For An Old Boat: Etchells
When Phil Sustronk, the President of “Second Skin” in Toronto, wanted to get himself a family day sailor he was torn between…
August 9, 2016
The Unsinkable ETAP 32s
The ETAP 32s might be a relatively new boat to Canadian waters but it’s hardly a newcomer to the yachting world. However it is a newly redesigned…
August 9, 2016
Ellis 46
If you have seen some of designer Mark Ellis’ work, you will know that he likes to draw boats with a common style – a conservative look…
August 9, 2016
Dufour 40
The Dufour 40, recently named Boat of the Year in France, is the newest in the line of performance cruisers from Dufour Yachts of La Rochelle, France.
August 9, 2016
Dufour 39
Centre cockpits are a hot item in the sailing industry these days. A quick look at the product lines of all of the major manufacturers reveals…
August 5, 2016
A Big Step For Sonic
The relationship between Ted Brewer and Sonic Sailboats began several years ago. During the decision-making process on the Sonic 27’s predecessor, the 23, Brewer was called in as a consultant to add his valuable and extensive knowledge to the project…
August 5, 2016
Cs 30- A Success Story
As I was reading the report of the phenomenal efforts to bring the mold for the CS 30 over to Canada, I wondered what the mold for a new Canadian boat was doing in England anyway…
August 5, 2016
J 22
We opened our 1984 Lake Ontario sailing season in early April with a test ride on a J /22- the new, small planning keelboat from J Boats, Inc. of Newport, Rhode Island. We discovered a fun, spritely yacht packed with performance.
August 5, 2016
CS-36 Cruiser/Racer
The CS-36 is a remarkable yacht and quite unusual for this side of the Atlantic. All the more remarkable is that it is built by a small company…
August 5, 2016
CS 33
Many people set out to purchase a boat that they can enjoy for a while in their local sailing area and then sometime in the future, to sail off into the sunset…
June 13, 2016
Mark 25
George Cuthebertson, a household name in the Canadian sailboat industry, is designing on his own gain…
June 13, 2016
C&C 27
When C&C puts a reverse transom on a production boat under 29 feet you know times are changing…
June 13, 2016
CS 36
If we were asked to choose one word to describe the CS 36, it would have to be classy. The boat combines elegance of design with meticulous construction and creditable sailing performance…
June 13, 2016
Great Lakes 33
The Great Lakes 33 says Nick Aitken, was the product of “a bunch of sailors who wanted to try out power boats.” The converted sailors carried a heavy weight of hopes and frustrations, but a weight that is borne well by the boat they inspired…
May 11, 2016
C&C 110
In sailing circles, C&C is arguably one of Canada’s most famous companies. And ever since the demise of this company, there has been talk
May 11, 2016
Beneteau 361
I’ve heard the story a hundred times. Parents love sailing and buy a boat for family cruising. Kids love sailing on the boat, so the parents put them…
May 10, 2016
Catalina 350
For a guy who grew up racing one designs and sailing a lot of boats, I always get nervous when I go out to test a new boat. I’m afraid I might miss…
May 10, 2016
Hanse 400
It’s classic, comfortable well-designed and easy to sail. From the minute you step onto the deck of a Hanse you’re immediately struck by the fact that…
May 6, 2016
Marlow-Hunter 31
Impressive space and solid quality set Marlow-Hunter’s latest design apart. Over the past two decades the number of small cruising sailboats available…
May 5, 2016
Gozzard 36
The style is unmistakable. As with our other review this month, the character of the boat has traveled with its designer from his earlier work.
April 29, 2016
Luna 24/SL
The Luna 24/SL brochure emphasizes “cruising comfort for four” but it’s some high- performance cruising! The 24/SL is more conventional version of the high-tech Luna 24 that has been a convincing and North American Quarter-Ton Championships in the past few years. Although it has a pleasant and comfy interior for 24 footer, the 24/SL will still provide plenty of racing excitement…
April 29, 2016
Quanta 28
Ray Wall’s enviable track record of design achievements includes products for both Camper and Nicholson in England and CS Yachts in Ontario…
April 19, 2016
Baltic 35
No matter who designs Baltic’s boats, they all come out looking great and, amazingly enough, related to each other. Whether created by Doug Peterson or, in this case, the Judel -Vrolijk design team from Germany, that classy styling is always there.
April 19, 2016
Meridian
A glance at the sail plan of Meridian tells you this boat is fun-and fast. It looks as though the builder carved the deck out of butter and then drove it down the highway on a hot day. A sort of smoothed out, nothing in the way of the wind profile.
April 19, 2016
Reliance 12 Meter
Have you ever realized, while sipping drinks in the cockpit after a friendly Wednesday-night race, that the great expanse and expense of accommodation down below is never used? If you answered “yes,” you may be one of the many people to whom Reliance Sailcraft in Montreal has spoken.
April 19, 2016
CS 30
The CS 30, the latest addition to the CS family of yachts, made its debut early this year and is fast making friends.
March 16, 2016
C&C 27
The first of the new C&C 27s was launched this April and we had the opportunity to take it out for a spin in mid-May.