Cruising World magazine today announced the winners of its 2019 Boat of the Year competition! The top prize was awarded to the Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 490, designed and manufactured in France, which earned the title of Import Boat of the Year. Jeanneau also took home another trophy! The Sun Odyssey...

True innovation in monohull sailboat design can be a bit elusive these days. That’s not to say that there are no more new ideas, but it does seem that many new tweaks and introductions are a bit incremental: let’s say evolutionary rather than revolutionary. Just when it seems that we’ve...