When blue water legend Jimmy Cornell set out to create his ideal cruising boat for the Northwest Passage, the hallmarks of the new design were a strong yet performance oriented hull that could be easily sailed, lived-aboard and maintained by a full or short-handed crew. Collaborating with renowned French boatbuilders, Garcia Yachts, the aluminum Exploration […]
Every year Swiftsure manages to place a boat in the US Sailboat Show in Annapolis and punch well above our weight. This year we showed Pete and Tracey Goss’s Garcia 45 Pearl of Penzance. The Swiftsure team included Pete McGonagle, Ryan Helling, Cyrille Corlay from Grand Large Yachts (makers of the Garcia) , Pete and […]
It’s not always easy to find a boat with great sailing qualities, real comfort, and timeless style all wrapped up in a high-quality package. Yet that is exactly what Sabre 426 Amagansett is. For decades Sabre built high quality sailboats. They weren’t flashy, and there were no pretenses at dominating racing fleets. But as you […]