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A lasting impression: Elan's 43-foot cruiser is well built, enhanced by cleverly-chosen options and ready to take you along way from home in pure comfort.	Product/service evaluation	Apr 1, 2009	1184
A cut above: this Reichel/Pugh 36-footer is razor-sharp, but won't frighten the family.	Product/service evaluation	Feb 1, 2009	1352
Mody: the future starts here: from a brand that embodied tradition comes a new boat as un-traditional as you can get.	Product/service evaluation	Oct 1, 2008	1329
By name, by nature: Bavaria's 40 cruiser is a big-hulled. generous boat that provides comfort and easy sailing.	Product/service evaluation	Aug 1, 2008	1193
Sir James Hardy: Sir James Hardy's shadow reaches far across the Australian yachting scene. Veteran of several America's cup campaigns and of all the major Australian offshore races including the Sydney Hobart, Sir James is known as both a serious yachtsman and a knockabout bloke.	Interview	Jun 1, 2008	1743
Living legend: the Buizen 48, now in series 3 form, is most people's idea of the perfect cruising yacht.	Product/service evaluation	Jun 1, 2008	1629
Fast French flair: Beneteau put a lot of effort into getting racing performance out of its new cruiser/racer, the first 45. they have succeeded: the boat is fast, particularly when carrying the optional carbon rig. Yet it's also comfortable, good-looking and spacious.	Product/service evaluation	Apr 1, 2008	1194
In harmony with French design: Harmony Yachts are the latest product of innovative French yacht designers and builders.		Oct 1, 2007	1477
Deutscher Darling: this new teutonic cruiser/racer is a pleasing combination of classic nautical style and German engineering.	Product/service evaluation	Aug 1, 2007	1359
Slovenian beauty: this accomplished Pan-European company draws on over half a century of sporting heritage to produce this comfy, compact cruiser.	Product/service evaluation	Jun 1, 2007	1112
X-men: when one experienced Yacht owner saw the X35 at the Sydney International boat show he was immediately hooked. It was, he decided, an ideal boat for Sydney harbour.		Dec 1, 2006	1098
Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 39i: while some European builders have chosen to build separate cruiser and cruiser-racer product lines, Jeanneau has remained faithful to their tradition of building cruising and performance versions on the same hull.	Product/service evaluation	Oct 1, 2006	1132
Practical centre cockpit cruiser: the centre cockpit Hunter 45CC is a practical boat for comfortable long distance family cruising.		Aug 1, 2006	1305
Impression 344: details don't always make it into a boat review but they tell a lot about the thought that a manufacturer puts into a development of a production yacht.		Jun 1, 2006	1535
Dufour adds value to style: grand prix yacht racing may have changed dramatically in the past decade, but so too has the production yacht business. You don't need to put new batteries in your calculator to work out that new yachts are being sold in numbers undreamt of ten years ago.		Feb 1, 2006	781
Hanse 400e: until two years ago the hanse line was easily categorised as conservative cruiser/racers with distinctive interiors whose standout feature was the self-tacking jib.		Feb 1, 2006	768
Beneteau First 36.7: Barry Tranter test drives the new Beneteau First 36.7, and discovers that Australia's amateur racers will get the most value out of this boat. (Boat Test).	Brief Article	Apr 1, 2002	1086
Bavaria 44.	Brief Article	Feb 1, 2002	917
Oyster 53.	Brief Article	Feb 1, 2002	1040