The CLASS of 2019

Every year we can’t help but wonder if the boatbuilding industry is finally going to start running out of ideas, and every year it seems to come up with more. What follows is a list of boats either recently launched or in the works for a launch sometime this year—all with an eye toward making life afloat safer and more enjoyable than ever.

BY ADAM CORT

FIGARO BENETEAU 3 Just two years after Beneteau debuted its Figaro 3 concept, the world’s first “production foiling one-design monohull” is now available to the general public, not just for viewing, but for purchase. Central to the lightweight boat’s revolutionary performance is a pair of radically curved foils that project from the side of the hull and provide the necessary righting moment for the boat to stand up to a press of sail in a blow. Other features drawn for Beneteau by naval architects VPLP include twin rudders, a sprit from which to fly a large A-sail, a hull with chines, and a bow that looks optimized for blast-reaching and is straight out of the IMOCA 60 playbook. It would be hard to imagine a more exciting new monohull design than…

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Sail - New Boat & Gear Review (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2019

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