Fifty years ago, Beneteau was a small, family-owned company that made fishing boats in a French village. Now it's the world's top sailboat maker, with dealers in 50 countries. Reporter Eleanor ...

Sailing World Magazine’s annual Boat of the Year tests are conducted in Annapolis, Maryland, following the US Sailboat Show. With independent judges exhaustively inspecting the boats on land and ...

Beneteau's 'Sense 55' voted "Best Boat 2013" and "Boat of the Year 2013" by two sailing publications. Two separate panels of judges from two premier sailing publications have confirmed that the ...

These are the first words from judge Chuck Allen’s mouth after a breezy morning test session with the Beneteau First 14 on which he and the BOTY team carved wakes all across Narragansett Bay. In 10 to ...

Beneteau is a world famous name in sailboat yachts first established when founder Benjamin Beneteau built a sailing trawler in 1884. Founded in 1976, Beneteau USA sailing yachts range from intimate ...

Running at 20 knots through the tight-spaced 2-footers on Chesapeake Bay, I told my crew to hold on and eased the throttle forward, first to 25 knots, then to 28 knots. At 30 knots, I let the boat ...

Beneteau built the Gran Turismo 36 in the United States for the North American ­market. This new boat is wider, longer and more spacious than the old GT 35 while retaining speed and agility. Its ...

The 2022 Nautic Paris Boat Show was an opportunity for more than 200,000 visitors to discover the latest technological innovations in boating. Among them, the new First 44E from the Beneteau Group, ...

The Antares 9 offers a secure and comfortable ride. Courtesy Beneteau America If anyone is wondering, "How can my family and I spend a perfect day or weekend on the water?" let me introduce you to the ...