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Island Packet 440, JESSICA MEI is an ideal bluewater cruising yacht with her traditional exterior, cutter rig design, modern construction techniques, and is very much capable of crossing oceans. With…

The Nautor Swan 411 is a rugged and fast cruising yacht – well suited to extended passages and superbly constructed by the highly regarded Nautor’s Swan yard. A sleek profile…

From 2012 and first commissioned in 2013, this late addition to the Discovery 55 sisterhood (slightly over 50 of these benchmark bluewater cruising yachts were built) is now offered for…

The Nautor Swan 44 is still a very well respected yacht, with the Sparkman and Stephens design setting it apart from most other sailboats. They are still known for their…

Oyster LD43, FLORIDITA is a well maintained, optimised and comprehensively equipped motor yacht by Oyster Marine. Built in conjunction with McDell Marine in New Zealand – she is rare in…

Ker 63, DARK HORSE OF ENGLAND was designed by Jason Ker, and built in 2014 by AD Boats in Croatia under the Salona badge as the flagship of the Salona…

Built for Steve and Linda Dashew, designers of the incredible FPB series, she is the first of three outstanding explorers who have cruised to most corners of our planet. Delivered…

For the past 15 years Boréal have been building these distinctive aluminium cruising yachts and have gained a large following from around the world. All Boréal’s are built for serious…

Oyster 655, DAENA, from 2009, Rob Humphreys and Landamores to a massively high specification at build. She is now in her third ownership, and has been cherished, she has only…

Sou’wester 51 Competition, MOMENTUM first splashed in 1993, she was built to race, but with a very comfortable cruising interior in high gloss cherry. Her hull is hand layup Kevlar…

Discovery 58, KARIBU was handed over to her current original owners in 2016. Her specification is vast and the brief was to prepare her for a world trip. With her…

Dixon 65, LIARA was originally built in 2002 by Southern Ocean Marine, of exotics, with structural engineering from High Modulus. She is one of a line of famous yachts called…

Launched in 2018, Trawler 52 Class A (OCEAN) SOTERIA was conceived and built for a yachtsman as his first foray into clockwork motor yachting after many years of bluewater sailing….

Largest of Chuck Paine’s Bowman yachts, the Bowman 48 has been long recognized by the yachting establishment as being the finest British built design ever offered to the conservative long…

The Sabre 36 Flybridge Sedan is based on the proven deep-vee hull of the Sabre 36 Express MKII. The Sabre 36 is offered in… A standard Flybridge Sedan version. As…

SPIRIT OF JOSEPHINE was delivered to her current owners in 2021. She is an extraordinary sailing yacht that is not only beautiful, but also kind to the planet with twin…

Discovery 55 VELA VEE, from Discovery Yachts Ltd., first launched in 2003 and is in her second ownership. She has the benefit of being only sailed in Europe and the…

The Nicholson 476 series of bluewater cruising yachts were built at the height of the fame of Camper & Nicholsons in Gosport. Their sweet lines from David Pedrick and immaculate…

Fast, fun, efficient, comfortable and elegant – the Windy 29 Coho is all that, and then some. With a beautiful lacquered hull, teak deck, quality upholstery and stainless steel touches…

A Grand Soleil 50 from 2005 with sweet lines by Judel/Vrolijk & Co and made flesh by the team at Cantieri del Pardo. She is a fast and capable cruiser…

The saying goes “never meet your hero” – so I guess for me it would be “never drive the Spearfish”. Having become involved with the great set of people at…

First commissioned 2017, GREY WOLF II is the second of her owner’s FPBs. The little WOLF, or GREY WOLF was an FPB 64, in which he steamed from New Zealand…

We are a sea-going race. We are surrounded by water on our little island. We love boats, boating, and specifically in this case – motor yachts. We fish from them,…

I do seem to get a lot of comments from friends, asking exactly what a yacht broker does? However, the occasional social media post of another sea-trial, in idyllic conditions,…